(RNN) – There are now 31 new millionaires in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, after a group drew the winning ticket during a historic Feb. 23 drawing.
The group, who work in construction at the Come By Chance Refinery in Newfoundland, were given the hefty $60 million check Wednesday.
A @lottomax ticket changed the lives of 31 people in Newfoundland and Labrador forever. Meet the winners of the largest jackpot win in Atlantic Lottery history: https://t.co/NagtWtz1iv#AtlanticWin pic.twitter.com/LClQfctwAo
— Atlantic Lottery 19+ (@AL_Lottery) February 28, 2018
It was the largest jackpot in Canadian history.
Members of the group include a pair of twin brothers, a father and son, and a married couple.
Sherry Moore Hickey, a shop steward, purchased the group’s ticket. The group has been buying lottery tickets together for three months, she said.
‘We throw in $5 each, so we had $155 worth of tickets,” Moore Hickey told Atlantic Lottery.
A majority of the winners hail from Avondale, a town of 600 people which now has eight new millionaires.
Five of the workers have chosen to retire immediately.
Splitting it up evenly, each person would get close to $2 million before tax.
The winning ticket was sold at a Circle K.
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