79-Yr.-Old $8.9 Million Lottery Winner Plans To Buy New Mattress

Thursday May 28, 2009
CityNews.ca Staff
Toronto has a new multi-millionaire who just wants one thing - a new mattress.

Meet Margherita Porporo, a 79-year-old Italian-Canadian, who doesn't speak a lot of English. But she understands the universal language of money as well as anyone and on Thursday, she came to the Ontario Lottery and Gaming headquarters to pick up her cheque for a cool $8.9 million. (The actual amount is $8,948,707, but what's a few bucks when there's that much at stake?)

The senior was the sole winner in Wednesday's Lotto 6/49 draw, claiming the top prize on a quick pick. She wants to share most of the money with her grown children, three boys and a girl, along with her nine very fortunate grandkids.

Porporo is long since retired and intends to keep on playing the games of chance. She's been entering the lottery twice a week for years, and had previously won a few bucks. But she never expected anything like this.

There are a few things this 79-year-old grandma wants to do with her newfound fortune. She plans to buy a bungalow. And she's going out to purchase a new mattress, something her family has been telling her to get for some time. Now, at last, she seems sure she can afford it.

It doesn't appear, though, that she plans to keep the money there.

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