Regina resident Dale McEwen is the winner of the largest jackpot to be awarded in the Western Canada lottery region.

McEwan and his family were driving west through Alberta on their way to B.C. when they stopped in Dunmore, Alberta on April 1st where McEwen picked up his ticket for the Lotto Max draw that night.

While waiting to go for dinner the night after the draw he decided to check his tickets using the Lotto Spot! App on his phone and when it told him he had won $70 million he said he couldn’t believe his eyes. He shared the news with his partner right away and checked the ticket again using the app on her phone.

McEwen says they sat there for a while, dumbfounded then signed the ticket and called the number on the back. The family cut their ski trip short and immediately returned to Saskatchewan.

McEwen says, “Dreaming about winning and actually winning are two very different feelings. You think you know what it would feel like, but when it’s in your hands, your mind will not stop and you can’t even sleep.”

He says right now they are going to use the money to help family, do some travelling and upgrade a few things.

McEwen bought the $70 million winning ticket at South Country Co-op Gas Bar at 7 East 3rd Avenue in Dunmore, Alberta and won by matching all seven of the winning numbers for the April 1 draw: 7, 10, 18, 29, 38, 43 and 50.

Since October 2, 2021, there have been seven winners in Saskatchewan of at least a million dollars or more.

In February a Yorkton man claimed $20 million and two men from Saskatoon have taken home big lotto wins in the last year with a $50 million win in January and a $55 million dollar winning ticket for LOTTO MAX last October.