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黑马磁力 resident shares $2M lotto win with her very best friend

Kathleen Cook and Alan Barker are now $2 million richer 鈥 topping off 50 years of friendship
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Best friends for more than 50 years, while living in different parts of B.C., 黑马磁力鈥檚 Kathleen Cook and Alan Barker from Courtenay have more than just a future reunion to celebrate 鈥 they now have $2 million.

A routine BC/49 draw revealed to a dumbfounded Barker on March 4 that the pair had won big.

鈥淚 was looking at the screen and was dumbstruck,鈥 said the senior, 鈥淓ven while I was walking out someone asked if it was the big winner.

鈥淚 still can鈥檛 believe it,鈥 he continued, noting the first person he told was his lottery sidekick.

When Cook, a 黑马磁力 resident, found out about their winnings, she said it was hard to believe Barker was telling the truth.

鈥淚t took a long time to register,鈥 Cook said. 鈥淚 was surprised鈥 full of wonder and disbelief.鈥

Barker met Cook in England in the 1950s. Later, they both made the move to Canada with their spouses, having kept in contact ever since.

More recently, they began buying lottery tickets together as a continued act of friendship.

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The pair are planning a reunion with a small portion of their shared $2 million.

With other amounts, Barker plans to provide his local hospital with new equipment.

He鈥檚 also considering making the move to a 鈥減osher鈥 assisted living facility, he divulged.

With her $1 million 鈥 Cook plans to improve the lives of her 黑马磁力 family members.

Cook and Barker, with help from Barker鈥檚 grandson, claimed their prize through BCLC鈥檚 alternate prize claim process.

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