Cardston woman’s husband thought she was joking about $1 million lotto win

A Cardston woman learned she was a MAXMILLIONAIRE while running errands with her grandson.

Beth Ann Day Chief says she found out she won $1 million a couple of days after the August 6th draw when she checked a few tickets she had at London Drugs in Centre Village Mall.

“I had a Free Play on the first ticket, $2 on the second, and then I scanned the final ticket and thought it said $10,000.” “I handed it to the retailer to confirm it, and his eyes went really big,” she said. “He said, ‘OMG you won a million dollars! This has never happened before in this store!’”

Day Chief adds when she called her husband to tell him, she had to make sure he knew she wasn’t kidding as he didn’t believe her at first. She says they are considering taking a family vacation to Hawaii “and then we’ll let it all sink in.”

The winning $1 million ticket was bought at the Northside Gas and the money was won by matching one of the MAXMILLIONS selections drawn on August 6: 8, 18, 20, 21, 29, 47, and 50.

Kass Patterson
Kass Patterson
Born and raised in Calgary, Kass, from a young age, developed a love for learning people's stories and being able to share them with the community (or her family, or whoever would listen). In addition to working in communities like Okotoks and Calgary, Kass has also spent her summers travelling with the World Professional Chuckwagon Association since 2019, to help provide a peek behind the barn door into the world of chuckwagon racing. Outside of work and anything horse related, Kass is a reader and an avid country music fan, and most likely can be found with the biggest cup of coffee possible.
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