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Iqaluit group wins jackpot

Christine Kay
Northern News Services


Iqaluit (Dec 23/02) - Fourteen employees at Iqaluit Emergency Services got a nice Christmas bonus this year thanks to Super 7 lottery.

They held one of three tickets which matched the six regular numbers and the bonus in the Dec. 6 draw to win $98,012.70.

Split fourteen ways, each person will receive slightly over $7,000.

"We've got people coming up to us now asking when the time we'll buy tickets will be," said the group's spokesperson, Tina Hallett.

They all have different plans for their money. Some said it's already spent on paying off some bills.

Debbie McGean, a full-time firefighter, said she didn't believe it when she got the call saying they had won.

She said she really didn't believe it because it was Greg Jewers who made the call. He's a self-proclaimed joker.

"There was a bunch of us having some drinks at someone's house and the phone rang. Greg told us and we said 'Ya right.' I only found out for that it was true the next day," said McGean.

She invested all of her winnings in stocks.

Jewers said when he checked the tickets on the Internet, he had to do so twice. He said he just didn't believe it.

"I started contacting my co-workers at 12:30 on a Friday night. They all thought it was a hoax," he said.

Jewers will use his money to pay off some bills and hopefully take a small trip to Cuba -- if he can get the time off.