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Benoît Giroux was shaking when a colleague told him that their group of 20 co-workers won a Canada-wide Lotto Max jackpot of $55 million.

The new millionaires work the night shift together at the Rona warehouse in South Shore Boucherville. Every week, employees buy group lottery tickets in hopes of striking gold.

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“My heart almost popped out,” Giroux said. “It was unbelievable.”

Nineteen of the participants received their share of the jackpot on Monday. Individual cheques came out to $2.75 million. Many were still too shocked to speak while others could not stop grinning.

“I had goosebumps,” Claudine Forget said. “I called my parents.”

Dominic Lord found out that their group had won at a Petro-Canada service station in Longueuil, which will receive a $550,000 prize. He handed the cashier the winning ticket without knowing he was about to become a millionaire.

“The cashier gave me a weird look and said ‘I’ve never seen this,’ ” said Lord, who screamed a loud ‘Yes!’ in the store upon realizing he had won.