More than four decades of buying lottery tickets has paid off for a Chatham man who is now $1 million richer.
Clifford Manley is officially a millionaire after winning the Maxmillions prize in the August 16 Lotto Max draw, using a random set of numbers that he chose and stuck with for many years.
The retiree said he has been playing the lottery for over 40 years but this was his first big win.
“I took my ticket to the store to have it validated, and when it was scanned, the lottery terminal froze. I thought I had broken it,” said Manley in a news release. “I stood in the store saying, ‘Oh no!’ and gave my heart a pep talk: ‘Don’t you give up on me just yet!’ I shared the news with my wife, and she was just as shocked as I was.”
Manley said he has yet to decide what to do with his winnings.
The winning ticket was purchased at Charlie’s Variety on Keil Drive South in Chatham.