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\u201cI\u2019m feeling pretty good, still a little shocked,\u201d Batten said.<\/p>\n
On May 20th, the Monteregie resident got the phone call that changed his life. Loto-Quebec was on the line to tell him he was a Lotto Max Grand Prize winner.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt took me some time to make sure it wasn\u2019t a scam or fraud or something like that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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When Batten checked his account on the Loto-Quebec app,\u00a0he realized this was no jape.<\/p>\n
He called his wife to share the good news. She was in the middle of a work meeting with 40 other people. Batten recalled telling her to make sure she was sitting down.<\/p>\n
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\u201cShe says, \u2018NNo, it\u2019s not real, it\u2019s probably a joke,\u2019 something like that,’\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n
He convinced her they were not getting scammed and she proceeded to go back to her meeting.<\/p>\n
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In spite of their win, neither husband nor wife is planning to retire.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m still going to work for about two, three years probably. This is in my plan. I have my company, I have employees, clients. I have some obligations,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Batten is waiting for the dust to settle before making any major life-changing plans, but he does have a few ideas.<\/p>\n
\u201cSome travel touring with my family, things like that. I\u2019ll do some work on the home, planning on buying a car. I changed my phone this weekend, big expense!\u201d he said through laughter.<\/p>\n
Batten is hoping to delve deeper into his photography hobby, and buy a cottage.<\/p>\n
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