Lotto group winners react by winning $ 60 million at the gas station

Surveillance images were created when a group of five friends in Ottawa, Canada, bought their $ 60 million ticket at a gas station.

In the video, Stéphane Dionne, Bryan Redman, Christopher Beazley, Gilles Dionne and Norman MacDonald – who are all IT professionals and former colleagues – went to a gas station. Orleans, Ontario, and gave the attendant a plastic envelope containing their ticket.

After checking the numbers, the clerk before leaving the frame. The five friends – who can hardly contain their excitement – then double check the ticket to make sure they have not made a mistake.

When they were satisfied, they had indeed the right figures, the five friends began to kiss, and a few can be seen wiping tears from their faces.

According to CTV News the five men bought a lottery ticket together each draw, without failing

Redman bought the winning ticket on behalf of the group in Orleans and the numbers for his draw were read on July 13, Yahoo 7 News . with this story and more by subscribing now

"I've freaked out," Redman said. "I went to the local gas station and I checked [the ticket] on the small ticker." I was the only one in there, I scanned it, it was m & # 39; 39, said "Grand winner, $ 60 million", I got out of there, got out of there, got into the car, shut the doors, j & # 39; I started calling these guys Nobody answered! "

Redman said that he kept calling everyone else until he finally succeeded To wake Dionne from a deep sleep.After checking the numbers online, Dionne said that he immediately burst into tears. "It was awesome," he recalls.

Five friends from Canada won $ 60 million with a lottery ticket a at the beginning of the month Screenshot

Following the incident at the gas station, the lotto authorities offered the group a huge check Yellow at the center of the OLG Awards in Toronto on Thursday.

Randy Weyersberg, OLG's Vice President of Marketing and Planning, presented the draw winners to accept their huge check. "I can be sure that from now on, this group of five men will think that Friday the 13th is their lucky day," he said. "I always said I thought we were going to win," Dionne said at the ceremony. "But I did not think we were going to make $ 60 million!"

The five winners stated that they would continue to work and refrain from making irrational buying decisions. "I can not stop working," said MacDonald. "You know, I have to keep myself busy."