A Montreal man cleaning out a closet at his sister’s insistence received a shock when he found, in the lining of a jacket, a lottery ticket purchased 10 months earlier. The sisterly advice proved most profitable: The man, named as Gregorio De Santis, on Friday pocketed winnings of Can$1.75 million ($1.35 million). That’s when he stumbled upon the lottery ticket, which he had originally purchased in December, 2017. De Santis, who has played the lottery since the 1970s, scored a smaller win of Can$4,000 in the early 2000s. Perhaps it was the excitement of the moment, but De Santis made no reported mention of any thank-you gift for his clever sister.

Source: Punch October 06, 2018 16:52 UTC