Calgary man who won $2M on lottery says he ‘couldn’t believe it at first’

Mahesh Gowda won $2M on Western 6-49. (WCLC handout)

A Calgary man says he’s excited to share the $2 million he won on the lottery with his wife – as soon as she returns from visiting family in India.

Mahesh Gowda says he called her immediately when he discovered he had won.

“She was so excited,” he said in a Monday news release from the Western Canada Lottery Corporation.

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“I couldn’t believe it at first,” Gowda added. “I just had to keep checking the ticket to see if it was real.”

Gowda bought his winning Western 6-49 ticket at the Jerry Convenience Store at on Saddletowne Circle N.E.

He won by matching all six numbers selected in the Dec. 11 draw: 6, 14, 28, 39, 41 and 47.

Gowda says the win could not come at a better time

“I was planning on retiring this year, so this will help,” he said. “I think I will plan a trip somewhere in the summer as well.”