Laredo Joblonkay of Taber has won a $1 million prize on a scratch ticket. (Photo: Western Canada Lottery Corporation)

By David Opinko

Taber man wins $1 million on lotto scratch ticket

Oct 22, 2025 | 9:06 AM

The Western Canada Lottery Corporation says a man in southern Alberta is now a millionaire.

Laredo Joblonkay won the $1 million prize on a $100 LUXE MULTIPLIER Scratch & Win Ticket.

He says he has been buying lottery tickets and scratch tickets since 1972.

The winning ticket was purchased at Johnson Drugs in Taber, and he went into a store to check a “big stack” of tickets that he had been saving up.

“I got to the very last ticket and saw a number with six zeroes and thought the scanner must be broken,” he laughed. “I was with my wife and son, and I checked the ticket again to show them,” says Joblonkay.

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He says his family was in complete shock and was speechless.

Joblonkay says he has some ideas for how he will use his winnings.

“We are thinking of taking a family cruise to Hawaii—maybe a trip to see the Dallas Cowboys play—and make some investments as well,” he said. “We’re still deciding what we’ll do!”