A Canadian couple is prepping for retirement after winning a huge lottery prize.

Scarborough residents Khemraj and Loretta Persaud’s Daily Keno 9 Pick resulted in a $50,000 win in the June 23 evening draw.

They have known each other for 38 years and have been happily married for 28. They have shared a decade-long ritual: playing the lottery together.

“We buy a ticket every time we go to the gas station,” Loretta explained with a smile.

The couple’s go-to games are Lotto Max and Lotto 6/49, but they occasionally like to switch it up. A recent change led to their unforgettable lottery win.

“One day, I randomly said to myself, ‘Let me buy a Daily Keno ticket,’” Khemraj recalled. “It was simply a gut feeling. This was the very first Daily Keno ticket I’d ever purchased, and it turned out

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