A Quebec man is eyeing early retirement after winning a life-altering multimillion-dollar lottery prize.

Claude Boucher, a resident of the Bois-Francs region in Centre-du-Québec, won the Gold Ball Jackpot of $46 million in the Aug. 27 Lotto 6/49 draw.

The long-time employee of Cégep de Victoriaville bought the winning lottery ticket on the Loto-Québec gaming website. He celebrated his incredible win on Thursday, Sept. 4, at the Salon de jeux de Trois-Rivières, surrounded by family.

Boucher had been playing the same Lotto 6/49 numbers for years, and it finally paid off in the August Gold Ball draw.

The day after the draw, he discovered his lottery win in an email.

“I was scrolling quickly and I thought, ‘$46,000 isn’t too bad! But what are all those zeros? Oh, it’s $46,000,000!’” Bouch

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