14 residents of tiny northern fishing village in Quebec win $50M jackpot

Fourteen residents of St. Paul’s River, a small fishing village on Quebec’s Lower North Shore, have each won a share of a $50-million Lotto Max jackpot.

The group, who had been playing the lottery together for 18 years, purchased the winning ticket at the only general store in the tiny English-speaking community.

Each member will receive approximately $3.5 million.

“There was lots of screaming and yelling,” said Della Spingle, co-owner of the St. Paul’s General Store where the ticket was purchased.

Global News was there to catch the winners gathered in a tent near the Salmon Bay Scallop Farm to celebrate.

St. Paul’s River, part of the municipality of Bonne-Espérance, has a population of about 200, many of whom are of Irish descent and work in the fishing industry or other physically d