 Jason Rinaldi is cruising down easy street thanks to his $35 millions LOTTO 6/49 win. (CNW Group)
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TORONTO - Jason Rinaldi, part owner of Hitman Hotrods, is shifting gears in a big way after netting a cool $35.3 million in last night’s LOTTO 6/49 draw.
“I went into work this morning and checked my numbers on the Internet. I gave it a quick look and thought I hadn’t won. Slowly I realized my numbers were matching the ones on the screen.
“I stared in total disbelief then checked again another three times. I called my family, telling them the fantastic news and of course they didn’t believe me,” Rinaldi told OLG Prize Centre staff in Toronto when he claimed his prize.
“Gosh! I wish I would have known I was going to win, I would have dressed better,” Rinaldi joked. “I’m a single man after all.”
Rinaldi has only been playing these numbers for a month and was thinking of stopping, but then considered giving them one last go.
A big fan of the movie “Good Will Hunting” he’s been known to tell his business partner: “If you ever come into work one morning and I’m not here, you’ll know I’ve won the lottery.”
And it turns out, that’s what happened.
“When I didn’t show up this morning, he didn’t clue in and I had to call him several times before he believed I was a winner,” added Rinaldi.
Tomorrow morning, he plans to pick up the keys to his 2009 Black Corvette.
