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Lotto 6/49 winners in Airdrie hope to 'make a lot of people happy'

An Airdrie couple whose lives have just been transformed by a $14.5-million lotto windfall are already thinking of ways to spread the joy.

'Ive always wanted to take my mom back to Norway,' says Monique Etienne

Christian and Monique Etienne of Airdrie won $14,519,825 on the Dec. 12 Lotto 6/49 draw. (Western Canada Lottery Corporation)

An Airdrie couple whose lives have just been transformed by a $14.5-million lotto windfall are already thinking of ways to spread the joy.

Christian and Monique Etienne had the winning ticket in the Dec.12 Lotto 6/49 draw.

The Etiennes have some ideas for what to do with the $14,519,825 jackpot,but they say for now they're just savouring the experience.

"We were talking about how we can just help to make a lot of people happy," Monique Etienne said in a release."I've always wanted to take my mom back to Norway, her home country. Now I can."

Christian Etienne says their dogs turned out to be their lucky charms.

"I went to the gas station to rent a carpet cleaner to clean up a mess they made with a package of scone mix," said the regular 6/49 player."I picked up the lottery ticket while I was there."

He realized they had won when he took the ticket back to the Petro Canada station on Crossiron Boulevard in Balzac a few days after the Saturday draw.

"I used the self-checker to check," said Christian. "I couldn't believe what I was seeing."

The Etiennes won the game's jackpot by matching all six of the drawn numbers: 2, 10, 18, 20, 30 and 41.