Lottery player thought she won $10,000; it was a much bigger prize

A Canadian lottery player was in disbelief after discovering that her win wasn’t just real but that it was bigger than she imagined.

Ivanka Zaradic is a mother of two who lives in Woodbridge, Ont. A regular lottery player for decades, Zaradic said that buying lottery tickets is part of her weekly routine, and that she enjoys playing Lotto 6/49. And when she does play, she uses the Quick Pick feature to choose her numbers.

An ordinary work day turned into a memorable one when she found out that she had won big.

“After work one day, I went to the lottery terminal at my workplace to have my ticket validated,” Zaradic recalled. “When I discovered I’d won big, I lost it. I was so shocked that I instantly turned red and began to shake.”

She found out that she had won $10,000 — or so she t