Kuljeet Singh Dhaliwal bought the ticket for Friday’s $70 million Lotto Max draw at Richmond’s Shoppers Drug Mart at Cambie and No. 5 roads. But everybody is wondering who the big $70 million winner is – given that Brampton has the largest South Asian-Indo-Canadian population concentration, there is much speculation that the winner is likely a South Asian-Indo-Canadian person. Although people were circulating a photo of a young Indian female student who they claimed to have won the big prize but it has so far proven to be a hoax.

By DESIBUZZCanada Staff

COQUITLAM – While the winner of the big $70 million Loot Max draw on Tuesday from Brampton hasn’t come forward, an Indo-Canadian man from Coquitlam is happy to collect half-million dollar from the lottery ticket he bought in Richmond last week.

Kuljeet Singh Dhaliwal bought the ticket for Friday’s $70 million Lotto Max draw at Richmond’s Shoppers Drug Mart at Cambie and No. 5 roads.

But everybody is wondering who the big $70 million winner is – given that Brampton has the largest South Asian-Indo-Canadian population concentration, there is much speculation that the winner is likely a South Asian-Indo-Canadian person. Although people were circulating a photo of a young Indian female student who they claimed to have won the big prize but it has so far proven to be a hoax.

Dhaliwal wasn’t too surprised when he checked his dad’s lottery ticket and it wasn’t a winner, but he was shocked when he checked his own ticket and it turned out to be a $500,000 winner.

He won after matching all seven numbers in one of the Maxmillion prizes during the Jan. 3 draw.

The Coquitlam resident split the $1 million Maxmillion prize with a winner in Ontario, who had the same winning numbers. 

“I was telling my dad someone in B.C. had won the Maxmillion,” said Dhaliwal.

“He asked me to help him check his ticket, so I scanned it, but he didn’t win. My dad then reminded me to check my ticket — I pulled it out, scanned it, and couldn’t believe my eyes.”

Dhaliwal recalled his dad won $250 a few months ago and had been retelling the story ever since. “This is the now biggest win in the family ever and we’ll be telling this story for a while,” reported Richmond News.

As for how he plans to celebrate, Dhaliwal said “This is an incredible way to start the New Year. We are already thinking of a family trip to the Galapagos Islands.”

While Dhaliwal claimed one of the Maxmillion prizes, Canada’s largest-ever single at $70 million for the Tuesday, Jan. 7 draw was won by a mystery winner in Brampton.

The single winning ticket for Canada’s largest jackpot ever was sold in Brampton, and if claimed, one lucky person will be taking home $70 million.

The winning numbers for last night’s $70-million Lotto Max jackpot draw were 03, 08, 12, 14, 17, 18, 29 + 11 bonus, according to OLG’s website.

Six Maxmillion tickets worth $1 million each were sold in Brampton, Hamilton, Niagara Region, Oshawa, Ottawa and Pickering.

Two Maxmillion tickets worth $500,000 each were sold in Niagara Falls and Perth County.

Two Maxmillion tickets worth $333,333.40 each were sold in Richmond Hill and Toronto.

Two second-prize-winning tickets worth $197,679.90 each were sold in Brampton and York Region.

Five Encore tickets worth $100,000 each were sold in Lanark County, Renfrew County, Simcoe County and Sudbury.