A lucky feeling on Friday the 13th and a stop at a Fort Providence gas station has paid off for one happy Yellowknife couple.

Bradley and Janice McNeill are the mystery holders of a $1 million Lotto Max ticket, which was purchased July 13 and announced it was won by someone outside of Yellowknife in the NWT SA国际影视传媒� with no winners names yet SA国际影视传媒� a few days later by lotto officials.

The two were driving back to Yellowknife from Edmonton when they made a spur-of-the-moment decision to stop at the Big River Service Centre on Highway 3, where they purchased the lucky ticket, stated a news release Wednesday from the Western Canada Lottery Corporation.

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The winning numbers for the SA国际影视传媒淢axmillionsSA国际影视传媒� draw, purchased on July 13, were 1, 2, 5, 11, 23, 36 and 45.