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Equinox Moon

(6,344 posts)
Fri Dec 2, 2016, 10:02 AM Dec 2016

Canadian great-grandmother, 80, wins $50m lottery: 'I'm too old for this'

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/01/canada-great-grandmother-lottery-lois-olsen


Lois Olsen, who has lived in a small farming village in Alberta for about 50 years, planned to buy a new car with money she said would have been useful years ago.

Olsen, who is a great-grandmother, learned of the windfall during a grocery run at her local supermarket. A brief stop to check her lottery ticket in the self-checking machines suggested she had won $15. “I pulled it out, put it back in. It looked like $500,” Olsen told reporters this week as she accepted her big cheque. “I said to the girl, ‘There’s something wrong with this machine.’”

An employee came over to help. “She says, ‘No you just won $50m.’” Speechless, Olsen started shaking. “I just grabbed my groceries and left.”



I think right now, I would first donate to Standing Rock water protectors. Next, I would support Jill Stein's recount efforts, the billionaires are coming after her to stop the recounts. Then, I would donate for animal rights and protections.

What would you do with 80 million?
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