
He's 55 years old, single, with no children, lives in a rooming house, and has been on disability since October.
Oh, and Graham Gelineau is also $37 million richer after winning Saturday's whopping Lotto 6/49 jackpot — the largest single-ticket prize to be claimed in Ontario.
The Toronto man doesn't drive, so he took the subway to the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp.'s downtown office Monday afternoon to pick up his winnings.
Apart from the money, my life's going to stay pretty much the same," Gelineau said.
"That's what I think, but who knows what the future holds. ... I want to reflect on it and take my time. It's a big responsibility."
Gelineau said he would share the money with family and friends, and donate some to charities.
He also said he no longer plans to work and will move out of the rooming house into an apartment.
But aside from that, he mostly refused to offer details on how he plans to spend his winnings.
"I'll buy a new chess set," he said — but made of wood, not anything elaborate.
Gelineau found out he was a winner when he checked his ticket early Sunday morning.
"When I woke up, the first thing I thought, bizarrely, was to check my numbers," he said.
lucky bum !!
but I wish him well and pray he makes the best of his winnings
WOW! Beautiful story. Lottery changed his life around! WTG!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Congrats Mr. Gelineau! Get solid financial advice and you'll never have to rely on another disability check. Your comment about this being a big responsibilty tells me you're well on your way! I hope your disability doesn't keep you from enjoying your winnings much.
From reading his comments, He got a good head on his shoulders.
Pic of Mr. Gelineau.
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Congratulations to Graham Gelineau for winning $37 million in the lottery. I hope that he does not come into financial difficulty later into his life. His eyes must have been "swellin" when he saw the ticket and his feet must have been "Gelin".-weshar75
Great story...
He could afford a house.. but going to an apartment is his choice..
With a 37 million dollar jackpot, how much, after all is said and done, do you actually walk away with?
About 21 Million if he chooses cash, then Mr Tax gets his part. I don't know the tax rates in Canada is but could be left with about 14 million if it was in US. Not bad at all.
Nice story
ALL OF IT! No taxes on lottery in Canada on any level.
That is cool. I am happy to read a story where the winner was a regular and actually picked his own numbers. The last time I read a story like this one was about Brad Duke.
Wow!!! That is like winning $60 Million here in the US!
I hope that is just press conference mumbo-jumbo. If you move into an apartment and rent with that kind of money, you are an idiot and a waste of the jackpot. You life does change after winning the lottery, and it should change drastically for the BETTER. Not to continue "just getting by."
There is nothing wrong with modest spending, but let's not get ridiculous. When you beat those kind of odds you owe it to yourself to at least live it up some, otherwise winning and beating such high odds was all for nothing. But like I said I doubt that is his actual plans. He is just trying to seem as "boring" as possible hopefully.
I know for a fact I would not being paying some idiot landlord rent if I was sitting on $60 million.
Hey, if that's what makes him happy, that's ok by me.