Four golfers score $30M Lotto Max win

Apr 12, 2012, 9:41 am (71 comments)

Canada Lotto Max

VANCOUVER, B.C. — Four golfers from Langley, British Columbia, have scored their best ever round — a $30 million Lotto Max jackpot.

Lotto Max is a nationwide lottery game played in Canada.

Ian McMurtrie, Wayne Miller, Tom Moryson and Joe Scully, who work together in Langley and are golfing buddies, had the winning ticket in Friday's draw.

McMurtrie was the first to discover the win while watching the TV news Saturday morning and says his wife screamed and collapsed on the floor.

He then signed all four winners' names on the back of the ticket and started calling his friends with the news.

The golf foursome plan trips to famous courses in Pebble Beach, California and St. Andrews, Scotland, as well as to Augusta, Georgia for next year's Masters Tournament.

The winning ticket was a Quick Pick bought at the Otter Co-op in Abbotsford.

Canadian Press

Comments

sully16's avatarsully16

Congrats to the foursome, nice job fellas, enjoy your travels.

maximumfun's avatarmaximumfun

"McMurtrie was the first to discover the win while watching the TV news Saturday morning and says his wife screamed and collapsed on the floor.

He then signed all four winners' names on the back of the ticket and started calling his friends with the news."

Nice - now THAT is the way to run a lottery pool!  Congratulations to all 4!

Cletu$2's avatarCletu$2

Quote: Originally posted by maximumfun on Apr 12, 2012

"McMurtrie was the first to discover the win while watching the TV news Saturday morning and says his wife screamed and collapsed on the floor.

He then signed all four winners' names on the back of the ticket and started calling his friends with the news."

Nice - now THAT is the way to run a lottery pool!  Congratulations to all 4!

Isn't that called forgery?I'm surprised that the lottery would accept a ticket that has been signed with four signatures by the same person.Just saying.

mcginnin56

Moral Of This Story:

 

Make sure you live in Canada.  Yes Nod

Always play the Lotto Max on an Easy Pick.   Type

Have a bunch of golf buddies who like to pool.   Thinking of...

 

Most Importantly:  Prepare in advance, a cushioning floor mat to catch your wife as she collapses.  Coffee

LottoGuyBC's avatarLottoGuyBC

Group Hug

McMurtrie is 46. He was laid off from the golf industry a week prior to the win.

The other gentlemens are 62,63 & 63.

Congrats on winnin' the Max

and Back to the putting green Hurray!

dallascowboyfan's avatardallascowboyfan

Congrats to the winners.....Thumbs Up

CDanaT's avatarCDanaT

I like the part where the wife screams and then collapses on the floor !!!  ROFL.........yeah yeah, I know...god will punish me ..but it is funny Naughty

rad242

Quote: Originally posted by CDanaT on Apr 12, 2012

I like the part where the wife screams and then collapses on the floor !!!  ROFL.........yeah yeah, I know...god will punish me ..but it is funny Naughty

Her mind instantly flooded with bags and shoes and jewelry. Naturally she was overwhelmed with the burden of all that shopping that's ahead of her. Probably will need to hire a personal assistant

CDanaT's avatarCDanaT

Quote: Originally posted by rad242 on Apr 12, 2012

Her mind instantly flooded with bags and shoes and jewelry. Naturally she was overwhelmed with the burden of all that shopping that's ahead of her. Probably will need to hire a personal assistant

lololol.......reminds me of an old neighbors wife...lololol....but he told me her personal assistant was "BOB"

HaveABall's avatarHaveABall

Quote: Originally posted by Cletu$2 on Apr 12, 2012

Isn't that called forgery?I'm surprised that the lottery would accept a ticket that has been signed with four signatures by the same person.Just saying.

LOL, I, too, chuckled at this Canadian journalist's poor word choice for "printed."  [They probably, also, have lottery tickets that require names to be printed and also signed at the bottom.]  Oh, these foreign countries!

Shocked

HaveABall's avatarHaveABall

Quote: Originally posted by rad242 on Apr 12, 2012

Her mind instantly flooded with bags and shoes and jewelry. Naturally she was overwhelmed with the burden of all that shopping that's ahead of her. Probably will need to hire a personal assistant

Or, rad242, the man without weekly income's wife had simply become SUPER worried about how she and her husband would be able to survive without income from his ceased job continued; and this super dooper share of the lottery jackpot win rescue news caused her brain to overheat as a result of the shock!

rad242

Quote: Originally posted by HaveABall on Apr 12, 2012

Or, rad242, the man without weekly income's wife had simply become SUPER worried about how she and her husband would be able to survive without income from his ceased job continued; and this super dooper share of the lottery jackpot win rescue news caused her brain to overheat as a result of the shock!

The miracle is in the TIMING!

HaveABall's avatarHaveABall

Quote: Originally posted by CDanaT on Apr 12, 2012

I like the part where the wife screams and then collapses on the floor !!!  ROFL.........yeah yeah, I know...god will punish me ..but it is funny Naughty

Hum, sometimes a groom simply doesn't understand his bride. Had this large lottery jackpot man known his bride's current emotional state better, he would have known the level of how worried she had been at his loss of income, and thus, he would have timed presenting his big news to her when she was lying down. 

Ah well, another learning experience for the both of them! Congratulations to the jackpot winners! Cheers

dpoly1's avatardpoly1

When I win, I will be the one on the way to the gun shop & then malls!

haymaker's avatarhaymaker

Quote: Originally posted by dpoly1 on Apr 12, 2012

When I win, I will be the one on the way to the gun shop & then malls!

Does that lakeside place have a pistol range and a trapshooting/sporting clays area ?

if yes,

 that place is lookin better & better,

time*treat's avatartime*treat

Quote: Originally posted by CDanaT on Apr 12, 2012

I like the part where the wife screams and then collapses on the floor !!!  ROFL.........yeah yeah, I know...god will punish me ..but it is funny Naughty

But, can he make it happen again, without a winning ticket? Naughty

Lucky SOB

Quote: Originally posted by dpoly1 on Apr 12, 2012

When I win, I will be the one on the way to the gun shop & then malls!

if i didnt know any better it sounds like you plan to rob the mall after you win. Well you would have enough money to buy your self a good lawyer or if you hit a major jackpot you can buy the courts.

GGStarlings's avatarGGStarlings

Quote: Originally posted by time*treat on Apr 12, 2012

But, can he make it happen again, without a winning ticket? Naughty

Ha!  Maybe so.... I have heard that the sudden appearance of big 'n easy money can greatly improve one's mood.

manali

Whats the point of winning millions at old age??

rdgrnr's avatarrdgrnr

Quote: Originally posted by manali on Apr 12, 2012

Whats the point of winning millions at old age??

We don't really need it cuz afterall, we'll be dead soon, but we really enjoy winning millions just to piss off the young punks!

That's the best part!

GGStarlings's avatarGGStarlings

Quote: Originally posted by rdgrnr on Apr 12, 2012

We don't really need it cuz afterall, we'll be dead soon, but we really enjoy winning millions just to piss off the young punks!

That's the best part!

heh heh

alexnt55

Quote: Originally posted by manali on Apr 12, 2012

Whats the point of winning millions at old age??

just out of curiosity how old are you and what do you consider old ?

golfer1960's avatargolfer1960

Yeah, my dream is exactly the same. Take my golf buddies on golf vacations around the world. Pebble Beach, Doral, Myrtle Beach, Palm Springs, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Scotland, etc. Come on Powerball!

Golf Course NC

Cletu$2's avatarCletu$2

Pasture pool?

I'd hire someone to hit those little white balls for me while I sit in the clubhouse enjoying some liquid libation.

golfer1960's avatargolfer1960

Quote: Originally posted by Cletu$2 on Apr 13, 2012

Pasture pool?

I'd hire someone to hit those little white balls for me while I sit in the clubhouse enjoying some liquid libation.

Come on Clutus, you gotta love it! Isn't golf beautiful?

 

Hawaii Golf

Cletu$2's avatarCletu$2

Quote: Originally posted by golfer1960 on Apr 13, 2012

Come on Clutus, you gotta love it! Isn't golf beautiful?

 

Hawaii Golf

I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder.All I see is a pasture next to big pond.

golfer1960's avatargolfer1960

Augusta National, my favorite! You gotta love it!

 

Augusta National

Cletu$2's avatarCletu$2

Quote: Originally posted by golfer1960 on Apr 13, 2012

Augusta National, my favorite! You gotta love it!

 

Augusta National

Why?

golfer1960's avatargolfer1960

Quote: Originally posted by Cletu$2 on Apr 13, 2012

Why?

You're right I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I know people who don't like golf too.

Because I enjoy playing golf I get a good feeling when I play golf as well as when I see a pretty golf course.

If you took your lady friend to a place as pretty as Augusta National or Hawaii, she'd appreciate the beauty of it all. It's love! All love.

I guess I fall in love with beautiful things easily. Like her for instance:

Kim Kardashian

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