Lottery winner won’t leave shift early

Published 9:00 pm Friday, November 28, 2003

VANCOUVER, B.C. — A janitor who won $2.3 million in a lottery was not about to leave his night shift at McDonald’s early.

Kissun Lal of Burnaby discovered that he’d won in Wednesday’s Lotto 6-49 draw when he picked up a copy of the newspaper near the end of his shift.

"Everyone at work told me to go home right away, but I wanted to finish my shift," said Lal Thursday as he picked up his check. "I did eventually go home and calmly made some coffee, had a shower and waited for my family to wake up."

When his daughter, Nika, woke up all, he told her was, "I have to go to Richmond to pick up $3 million."

Nika immediately telephoned the British Columbia Lottery Corp. and confirmed her father’s win.

When his wife, Kirat, woke up, Lal asked her if she wanted to go with him to pick up the check.

"She didn’t believe me. I think she thinks I was kidding," he said. "She works at McDonald’s, too, and she didn’t want to miss a shift."

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