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Woman Picks Up $17 Million in Canadian Province's Biggest Lottery Win

19 March 2003

CANADA – As reported by the Vancouver Sun: ``The winner of B.C.'s biggest-ever lottery prize thought at first her eyes were failing her.

``After checking the numbers of her $16 ticket for Friday's Lotto Super 7 draw, it began to dawn on Brenda Martin of Fort Nelson that it just might be her very, very, very lucky day.

``Not trusting what she was seeing, Martin checked her winning ticket again and again and again against the winning numbers, just to be sure.

``Then, after she realized she had won a massive lottery prize -- $17,259,170.20 -- all hell broke loose. "Everyone was running around screaming," said the 39-year-old Martin, who picked up her cheque Tuesday at a party held for her at B.C. Lottery Corp. headquarters in Richmond.

```My five-year old was the loudest. He kept yelling, 'We're rich, now we can go to Mexico.'

``Once the news had sunk in, they began making a few plans. She's buying herself a brand new SUV -- a Ford Expedition, fully loaded -- and plans to renovate their three-bedroom bungalow…"

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