A man from Ste. Anne had a winning lottery ticket worth a quarter million dollars.

Allan Martin purchased the winning ticket at the Ste. Anne gas bar on Dawson Road on March 18th. He claimed the top EXTRA prize thanks to his ticket for the March 23rd LOTTO 6/49 draw.

When Martin brought his ticket into the store a week after the draw to check it, he had to scan it twice before he realized he had won $250,000.

"At first I thought it was just a free play winner," says Martin. "It's unbelievable."

He intends to use the money to pay off bills and is planning for an earlier retirement with his windfall.

Martin won by matching all seven digits of the winning EXTRA number.