Congratulations To Lottery Winners Irene Faria And Grace Martins

Congratulations to Irene Faria And Grace Martins. They are a mother and daughter team that played the lottery together and won together! They won $9,039,859 on the Lotto 649 draw on Saturday, April 10, 2010.

About two years ago, Irene Faria And Grace Martins bought a Quick Pick Lotto 649 ticket together. Ever since that day, they had been replaying the same numbers from that original Quick Pick ticket that they originally bought. They played those numbers on every draw. Finally, after two years of trying, their numbers came up and the won the jackpot! I've never heard of anybody choosing their numbers that way before; it's quite original. Usually people either play their own sentimental numbers or they just get a different Quick Pick each time. But hey, it worked for Irene and Grace and congratulations to them on their luck!

At the time of their win, Irene Faria And Grace Martins lived in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada, which is about an hour west of Toronto. Irene was 71-years-old and Grace was 39-years-old.

So what do the mother and daughter plan to do with their money? They don't want to live lavishly or anything like that. They mainly just want to help out their entire family, financially. And, it's a big family too - Irene has six children, ten grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. That's a big family! Here is how Grace describes it: "Our family is very close and we want to be able to help everyone out as much as we can, "We're not thinking about fancy cars or expensive things — I'm happy with my house and what I have in life already. Family is more important to both of us."

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