Nine Quebecers are new multimillionaires after winning the $25,000,000 Lotto Max jackpot in the July 10 draw.
Eight people from Laval and one person from the Laurentides region purchased the 10 Formule groupe shares from a Chomedey convenience store.
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Each person will receive $2.5 million, except Thierno M. Sadigou Diallo, who purchased two shares. He will receive $5 million.
“I thought it was amazing when I saw all those zeros!” he said in a news release.
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Another winner, Élie Sawan, said he was grateful to win as a group.
“I like people, and I like it when they’re happy. I don’t want to be happy by myself,” he said.
The convenience store that sold the winning tickets will receive a $250,000 commission from Loto-Québec.
