It's life changing,' she said.Īs for what she plans to do with the winnings, Araki said she hopes to spend more time with family and help contribute to a bright future for her grandchildren.Īccording to the B.C. 'I've worked hard my whole life and now I don't have to worry,' she said.Īraki said years ago she had a dream that she was the lucky winner of a lottery and now it's become a reality. That stroke of luck landed her $1.1 million dollars and with retirement just two years away, it couldn't have come at a more opportune time. I kept thinking, 'Really? Is this happening to me?''
'I looked up and saw it had hit the jackpot,' Araki said in a news release.
20, when the winning spin happened on a Powerbucks slot machine.Īt first, she thought she had won $100, but the numbers kept climbing. When Shelley Araki decided to play her last few spins on a slot machine one Saturday night, she didn't expect to leave the casino a millionaire.īut that's exactly what happened, in what she calls 'a dream come true.'Īraki was getting ready to end her night at Elements Casino in Surrey on Aug.
