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MONTREAL — A somewhat secretive group of Montrealers who recently won the $60-million Lotto Max grand prize picked up their cheques Wednesday and were presented to the media.

Quebec’s gaming authority described the nine winners as colleagues “who work in finance in downtown Montreal.”

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Several of the big winners spoke to reporters but they wouldn’t say what they did for a living or where they worked.

When asked if they were already wealthy before they found out they would be sharing the $60 million in prize money, winner Julie Beland said “it depends on how each of us defines (rich).”

“For some of us, yes, for others, no,” said Beland, who said she was in her 30s. “We were people who made efforts that needed to be made to get to where we were.”

Her colleague, Haidar Abi Haidar, 27, said, “Money doesn’t create anything. We were comfortable.”

Abi Haidar said Loto-Quebec’s description of them being in finance was not entirely correct.