Article: Filthy stinkin' rich

$50-M lotto ticket bought here

Be really, really, REALLY nice to all the people you see today -- a mystery Manitoban has just won $50 million. That's fifty million: five and zero followed by another six zeroes.

One of us somewhere in Manitoba has just won the largest lottery prize in the province's history and the second-largest ever in Canada.

Who could it be? Who?

And do you want to be friends?

Manitoba's newest multimillionaire won the first-ever jackpot Friday night in the new Lotto Max draw, a random draw of seven numbers that's been running six weeks without a winner, explained Andrea Marantz of the Western Canada Lottery Corp.

Of course, there's always the chance it may not be one ...

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