Teen Celebrates Adulthood with Huge Lottery Win
What a great way to enter adulthood!
Taylor Witzke of Winnipeg decided that the best way to celebrate her 18th birthday was to do something she'd been itching to do for a long time - buy a few lottery tickets.
With four Scratch 'n Win tickets in hand, Witzke tried her luck and was stunned to find that she had become an instant millionaire after hitting the lottery!
"I scratched a Blackjack ticket and won nothing, then picked up the Set for Life ticket," recalled Witzke. "I saw three Set for Life symbols, but thought, no, you must need four. So I turned it over and read the instructions. I handed it to my friends and said: 'Tell me I'm not dreaming!'"
"I was ecstatic and unbelieving all at the same time," she added.
When asked how her family reacted when they learned of her windfall, Witzke admitted that there was "lots of screaming."
The Director of Corporate Affairs for Western Canada Lottery Corporation, Andrea Marantz said that she was thrilled that she was able to hand Witzke the winnings.
"She's a very nice young woman, she was just right over the moon," she said.
So what plans does Witzke have for her money?
She promised to buy her mom a new car ("a Camero"), and will take a year off to travel ("I definitely will take a trip or two somewhere").
Congratulations to the new millionaire
