A RELAXED man woke up to discovery he had scooped a lottery jackpot of almost £60,000 – but he fancied bed over celebrating.
Canadian Stan Ismond didn’t want to wake up his wife or daughter after hearing the news so he graciously did some housework and went back to sleep.
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The lucky lottery punter, who hails from a remote village in Saskatchewan, landed the serious prize of £58,700 (CAD$100,000), the Mirror reports.
He had matched the last six digits in the Western Canada Lottery Corporation’s draw.
He awoke one day and checked his lottery progress on an app – but to his complete surprise he had won.
Stan quietened his elation so his wife could sleep and then went about his daily routine trying also not to wake up his daughter and got on with some chores.
And despite all his excitement, he bizarrely got back into bed for well-deserved lie-in.
He said: “I didn’t want to wake up my wife. Internally, I was saying ‘Woo hoo’.
“It feels amazing. One of the greatest feelings ever.”
With his huge clash influx, Stan hopes to invest some of the money.
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Last year, a fellow Canadian scooped £587,000 in the lottery for the second time in just over 12 months.
Ontario-based Antoine Beaini, 68, couldn’t believe his luck after already winning that exact fortune in 2021 in Lotto Max.
After his second massive pay-out, Antoine said: “I couldn’t believe it. I thought ‘again?’
“It was more shocking than the first win.”
Meanwhile, a couple were stunned when they bagged a whopping £1.4 million lottery jackpot – but say they won’t spend the cash.
The lucky pair from Australia, were clueless about their huge win for days after the draw.
“We’re still trying to wrap our heads around it all,” one of them said, but they won’t be spending a penny of it for a good reason.
Elsewhere, a psychic had predicted a Spanish man would one day win the lottery.
He waited decades for his big win, but when he finally scooped the incredible prize of £2billion – he never got to spend any of it due to a cruel twist of fate.
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