In Canada, a man takes 10 months to claim $ 60 million in the lottery

A Vietnamese refugee in Canada claimed Wednesday his jackpot of 60 million Canadian dollars (40 million euros), after mentally preparing for ten months to his new fortune: "I started to think about what this the price would mean for my family, "Bon Truong told a press conference Wednesday night in Edmonton, capital of the province of Alberta (west). "I realized that it would change a lot of things and I wanted to make sure we would be ready," he said.

Ten months after pulling the right numbers, the same ones he has been playing for decades at the Canadian lottery, he finally asked for his prize. "We are ready"! he told the Western Canada Lottery Corporation, which organizes the lotto.

Arrived the day after the Vietnam War

With the money, Mr. Truong plans to pay his mortgage, all his other bills, and go on vacation before returning to his gardener job.

Bon Truong, 55, arrived in Canada with his family 36 years ago while fleeing the war in Vietnam.

"Arriving here with nothing after the war in Vietnam, they worked," said Mina Truong, her niece, who attended the press conference. "Thirty years later, it pays, and it makes me happy for them".

The gardener still has not revealed his gain to his young children because he wants to instill in them the sense of work. "Maybe in ten or twenty years I'll tell them," he said with a laugh.