Airdrie man wins $1M on scratch lottery ticket

Gurpal Parmar wons $1M on a scratch lottery ticket. (WCLC handout)

An Airdrie man who won $1 million on a scratch-and-win ticket says he plans to use some of his winnings to purchase a new car.

Gurpal Parmar’s windfall comes from a $100 Ultimate Scratch & Win ticket he purchased at the Mobil gas station in Olds, Alta.

He says he was shocked when he realized he had won.

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“I checked it on the scanner, and then the Lotto Spot app as well to be sure,” Parmar said in a Monday news release from the Western Canada Lottery Corporation.

“My hands were shaking. I felt like I needed to sit and have some water – I was in pure disbelief.”

Parmar says the first person he told was his mom.

Aside from buying a new car – which Parmar says he desperately needs – he’s also looking at buying a new house.

“I’m hoping to invest the rest of it,” he added. “My family and I have never taken a family vacation, so we’ll probably do that as well.”