Process engineers from Sarnia-Lambton-area share $1M lotto prize

A small group of process engineers won a Maxmillions prize worth $1 million, they also won $2 with Encore.

These five coworkers in southwestern Ontario have been playing the lottery together for 10 years.

Dennis Figueiredo of Wallaceburg said other group members were in disbelief when he told them the exciting news.

“I immediately wondered how he managed to get a fake winning ticket,” said Lee Cook of Sarnia.

“Everything Figueiredo said to me felt exactly like what he would say to prank me.”

While picking up their winnings, they shared their spending plans. Figueiredo is saving for his children’s future, Cook will turn his basement into a rec room, Roberts wanted to put his share toward buying a cottage, and Harper wanted to buy a truck and complete home renovations.

The coworkers plan to continue playing the lottery as a group.