Small community in Alberta abuzz after woman wins $50M Lotto Max prize
IRMA, Alta. — A small community southeast of Edmonton is abuzz after learning one of its residents is a $50-million lottery winner.
A retired woman from a farm family in Irma found out she’d won Friday’s Lotto Max prize when she checked her ticket at the village Co-op store.
The winner is asking for her privacy for now, but there was no stopping villagers from talking about the big win.
Kent Erickson, who was in the store when the woman turned in her winning ticket, says everyone was in shock.