The group won a total of $2,762,848.20 from the March 12 drawing after purchasing the winning ticket at Petro Canada on Major Mackenzie Drive in Markham, Ont.
The team members are:
Lee Donald of Markham, Ont. Arudchelvan Arampamoorthy of Scarborough, Ont. Carlton Morris of Scarborough, Ont. Dervin Vassell of Oshawa, Ont. Felix Iyoha of Toronto, Ont. Garfield Lowe of North York, Ont. Ibrahim Baiyat of Scarborough, Ont. Joseph Pereira from Toronto, Ont. Joseph Rasaiya of Scarborough, Ont. Canal Fisheries of Scarborough, Ont. Kurtis Charles of Scarborough, Ont. Mitra Bissoon of Scarborough, Ont. Mohammad Damra of Scarborough, Ont. Ndukate Ntete of Oshawa, Ont. Raphael George of Pickering, Ont. Scott McConnell of Oshawa, Ont. Shahram Dehghanpoor of Pickering, Ont. Winston Jennings of Ajax, Ont.
Lee Donald, whom OLG called “the leader of the group” in a release issued Wednesday, said the group of friends had been playing the lottery together for 15 years.
“I checked our ticket the day after the draw using the OLG app. I thought something was wrong with my phone – I was so shocked!” he said in the release.
While some plan to invest their earnings, others plan to pay their bills, Donald said.
If they choose to split the $2.7 million equally, each team member will pocket just over $150,000.
LOTTARIO, released in 1978, is a terminal lotto game. Tickets are $1 each and drawings are held on Saturdays.
