New Brunswick woman nabs $5-million lottery prize

A New Brunswick woman wins $5,000,000 after playing the same lotto numbers for 30 years.

A New Brunswick woman who played the same lottery numbers for the past 30 years proved persistence pays off with a recent win.

Denise Bérubé of Saint-André, N.B., won $5 million through the Lotto 6/49 Classic Jackpot on March 26.

“I went on the website and saw I had a winner, and when I opened the ticket, I saw all those zeros, so I looked at the numbers and they were really my numbers, “Bérubé said in a news release from Atlantic Lottery.

“I went to the winning numbers to confirm again that those were my numbers, and I was in shock. I said, ‘Oh my God, I won the lotto.‘”

Bérubé’s winning numbers include her wedding anniversary, a birthdate and the age at which she’d dreamed of retiring.

“I’ve been playing Lotto 6/49 for a very long time, always with the same numbers that I chose a long time ago because they each had a significance,” Bérubé said.

“Some numbers I do still remember why I picked them, but a few others I don’t remember why. It’s been that long that I’ve been playing the same numbers.”

Bérubé plans to use her winnings to travel with her husband and her sisters. She says a trip to Africa is at the top of her list.

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