MONTREAL -- A Canadian teenager who purchased her first lottery ticket to celebrate her 18th birthday hit the jackpot and will receive $1,000 Canadian a week for the rest of her life.
Charlie Lagarde was celebrating with a bottle of champagne and a $4 scratch-off ticket earlier this month when she hit the grand prize in the Gagnant a Vie lottery. The prize would be worth just over $775 per week in American dollars.
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She was joined by family and friends when she collected the first payment on Monday.
She told lottery officials that she hopes to study photography.
Charlie Lagarde (Credit: Loto Quebec via WGHP)