A Calgary couple wasted no time in cashing in their $1-million lottery ticket after finding they had matched all the winning numbers.

Su Hoines said she couldn't believe it when she checked her Lotto 6/49 ticket and had to wake up her husband John Lafreniere to double-check that the numbers were correct.

"I looked at the ticket and compared the numbers," Lafreniere said in a statement. "All I could say was, 'It looks good, but I don't know.'"

The couple took the ticket to the Calgary lottery office the next day to confirm it was a winner.

"I walked in and said to the receptionist, 'Please don't let me be dreaming!'" said Hoines. "We weren't! We won $1 million!"

Plans for the winnings

The couple has put some of the winnings into savings for their grandchildren. While Lafreniere doesn't plan to quit his job just yet, the family does have some travel in mind.



"My first big plan is to take my mom and sister to New Brunswick for a vacation," Hoines said. "We've been talking about doing it for a while, but now we're just going to do it."

The couple bought their winning ticket at the Giant Tiger at 4710 17th Ave. S.E.