Canadian using huge Lotto Max second prize to become debt

An Ontario woman was in disbelief after winning a hefty Lotto Max second prize.

East Gwillimbury resident Lucinda Themelis won $216,083.90 in the Lotto Max draw on June 27.

The administrative assistant has been playing with the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) for decades. She enjoys Lotto Max, Lotto 6/49 and Lottario, always adding Encore to her tickets.

Themelis sometimes chooses her own numbers and other times uses OLG’s Quick Pick feature, which paid off.

“I won this prize on additional Quick Pick lines on my Lotto Max ticket,” she shared, while visiting the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto to collect her winnings. “I checked my tickets using the OLG app and saw the ‘Big Winner’ message on the screen. It was so shocking. I thought to myself, ‘No, no, no, no, no — this can’t