A woman from Calgary, Alta., is now $1 million richer after a shopping trip led her to a huge lottery win.

Pam Millage, the lucky winner, was on a shopping trip with her daughter, looking for a kayak, when she decided to pick up a $10 In the Money Multiplier scratch-and-win ticket.

“If we hadn’t bought the kayak, I never would have bought the ticket at the checkout, and I never would have won!” Millage said when talking with Lotto Spot.

Due to the size of the kayak, Millage opted to go to a till rather than the self-checkout, and it was there she bought the ticket.

“I scratched the ticket and thought, ‘This doesn’t make sense!’” she laughed. “I had to double-check to be sure I was seeing it right!”

After her win, she says her first call went straight to her children.

“I called and ma

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