‘Really exciting’: Alberta friends win $100K on Western 6-49

Joanne Smyth and Yvonne Durnford have been buying Western 6-49 tickets together for a year. (Western Canada Lottery Corporation)

Two friends from southern Alberta are $100,000 richer thanks to a winning lottery ticket.

Joanne Smyth and Yvonne Durnford have been buying Western 6-49 tickets together for a year, and always add an Extra.

They won their prize by matching the last six digits of the Dec. 14 Extra draw – 3122239 – with a ticket purchased from the Brooks Gas Bar.

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“Joanne texted me asking what time I take lunch and then I didn’t hear back… she showed up at my work with the news,” Durnford said in a Wednesday news release from the Western Canada Lottery Corporation.

“I just bought a new vehicle and now I can put a lump sum to pay it off,” she said. “Then we can put away the rest into savings.”

Smyth said she plans to pay some bills.

“And the rest is going to really put us in a healthier position [for retirement].

“it’s really exciting—it’s a wonderful gift.”