Woman wins lottery after buying first ever ticket to mark 18th birthday

A Canadian young has hit the jackpot after buying her first ever lottery ticket to celebrate her 18th birthday.

Charlie Lagarde, who is from Quebec, purchased the scrape ticket to the side of a bottle of champagne to celebrate turning 18 regarding 14 March.

The winner was offered the substitute of a C$1m (550,000) complement quantity or C$1,000 (550) a week for the burning of her vivaciousness.

After going to a financial assistant Ms Lagarde settled to go for the latter option of a weekly money because it is not taxed.

Its without taxes thus its equivalent to a salary of with than more $100,000 a year, in view of that its a earsplitting begin in vibrancy for that teenager woman, Patrice Lavoie, a spokesman for the lottery corporation, told the Canadian Press news agency.

That was her first lottery ticket ever and she fell when hint to a winning ticket.

Ms Lagarde has said she is on the go to use the child support to travel and to invest in her education.

I tortured to psychiatry photography. One of my dreams would be to accomplishment for National Geographic, she said.

She was connected by associates and partners as she trendy her prize at the Canadian lottery corporations head office in Montreal.