Another Daily Grand prize winner in New Brunswick, the second in less than a month.
Michael McLaughlin claimed his $500,000 prize this week at Atlantic Lottery Corporation.
He took second prize with his Daily Grand ticket.
It offers the choice of $25,000 a year for life or a lump sum of $500,000.
McLaughlin plays the lottery often and was over the moon when he found out he’d won.
“When you win it usually says, ‘You won $2,’ or ‘You won $6,’ or whatever it is, but that morning it said, ‘Click here to see your winnings,’ and I thought that was weird,” McLaughlin said. “Then it came up and said ‘$500,000,’ and I thought that couldn’t be right, so I turned the phone off, turned it back on and did it again.”
Plans for his winnings include purchasing his wife her first-ever brand-new vehicle, purchasing vehicles for both of their mothers and renovating their home.
“The big thing for me is being able to get the house fixed up right away and finally get insurance on it,” McLaughlin said. “It’s an old farmhouse, and we knew that and have been working away on it, but we’ll finally get the old wiring fixed, own it outright and be insurable. That’s huge for us.”
The remaining prize money will be shared with members of their family, including three kids, four grandchildren, his brother and his wife’s sister.
“With our win, that changes a lot of lives. It’s just awesome,” McLaughlin said.
