A Port Moody retiree will share his fortune with his family — as well remodel his home and classic car, and travel — after hitting the jackpot last week.
Kurt Gebeshuber, 75, told The Tri-City News today (Thursday) he has played Lotto 6/49 twice a week for the past 25 years and was pleased to match all six numbers nationwide in the April 12 draw.
"I checked the numbers on my computer and I couldn't believe it," he told The Tri-City News, adding he bought his ticket at the Save-On-Foods grocery store at 2991 Lougheed Hwy., Coquitlam.
About three years ago, Gebeshuber also won $2,500 after matching his five numbers on 6/49.
A retired butcher and sausage maker, Gebeshuber said he and his wife of 52 years, Marlis, will give some money to their son, 47, and relatives in Toronto and in their native Austria.
The couple will also renovate their Port Moody home, which they have lived in since 1968, and restore his 1965 Pontiac Parisienne convertible. That car was featured in Bryan Adams' music video for the song Summer of '69 and "I want it back on the road," Gebeshuber said.
As well, they are planning a trip to the Grand Canyon and Europe. "I'm going to show my son where I grew up," said Gebeshuber, who immigrated to Canada in 1960.
