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Meet Kurt + Claude, Canada’s New $50 Million Lottery Winners

Well this should be enough to distance “gay lottery winner” and “suicide” for the time being: Canadian couple Kurt Blanchette-Ebert, 63, and his partner Claude, 52, just won a $50 million lottery prize.

And in a move I wholeheartedly agree with, Kurt quit his job at a bakery on Monday before picking up the prize yesterday. He had a weekend to think about it: They found out they had the winning Lotto Max ticket on Friday.

“We’ll still be the same people… I hope,” laughed Kurt in front of news cameras. For now the pair plans only to buy a house (they just lost theirs due to financial hardship) and go on a Monaco or Rio de Janeiro vacation. And celebrate their 30th anniversary next month in style. Hey, we hear Elton John is having a party sale.

By:           JD
On:           Nov 3, 2010
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  • 7 Comments
    • No. 1 · PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS · Member · 1696 comments

      Wondering if they are looking for a Gay son to adopt???? :p

      Nov 3, 2010 at 9:47 am · @ReplyReply to this comment · Flag
    • No. 2 · alejandro

      i was wondering who won the lotto max! that’s soo bad ass :)

      Nov 3, 2010 at 10:13 am · @ReplyReply to this comment · Flag
    • No. 3 · PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS · Member · 1696 comments

      And thank you guys a million times over for immediatley quitting your jobs!

      The absolute most maddening statements one can hear is a multi-million dollar lotter winner proclaiming “I am not going to let it change my life much, I still plan on getting up at 6am each morning to go to work”………

      Nov 3, 2010 at 12:33 pm · @ReplyReply to this comment · Flag
    • No. 4 · kevinVancouver

      the winning ticket was purchased several blocks from my place @!!! arrrgghh lol good job guys !

      Nov 3, 2010 at 2:26 pm · @ReplyReply to this comment · Flag
    • No. 5 · Theo

      I am so happy for them both. Congratulation :)

      Nov 3, 2010 at 10:33 pm · @ReplyReply to this comment · Flag
    • No. 6 · The Milkman

      Hearty congratulations to them both!

      Nov 4, 2010 at 1:40 pm · @ReplyReply to this comment · Flag
    • No. 7 · Jack Prause

      It’s a year and a half later and these two fine men have done nothing for their families. Claude’s Mother lives in a small hospital room in Alberta, has dementia and her pension barely cover her costs. These two are sick beyond belief.

      May 4, 2012 at 10:32 am · @ReplyReply to this comment · Flag

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