It’s that age-old question that circulates the office; do you come to work the next day after winning the lottery?
Well, it’s a dilemma that Ping Kuen Shum doesn’t have to contemplate – after buying a winning $2 million, BC/49 Lottery ticket in Richmond on Saturday after his final day at work.
And to top it all off, it was also Shum’s birthday: It doesn’t get much better than that.
After officially retiring on Saturday, April 28, Shum apparently was feeling lucky and bought a lottery ticket at Parker Place in Richmond on the way home to Vancouver.
He matched all six numbers on Saturday night’s draw - 9, 12, 13, 18, 21 and 29 - to scoop the entire jackpot.
"It's unbelievable that all three events happened on the same day," Shum said in a statement.
"I have worked hard for so many years and I'm looking forward to sharing this fortune with my family."
The lottery wouldn't disclose what he did for a living, but mentioned that Shum was going to treat his family and friends to a “lovely dim sum meal” and is now planning a trip to China.
The odds of matching all the numbers for the BC/49 lottery are almost 14 million to one.
