Well, they are supposed to be good with money.
A group of 26 former and current employees of the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) in Ottawa have won a $32.6 million Lotto Max jackpot.
The leader of the office pool, Philippe Bussière, has been organizing things for six years. He said his co-workers could barly believe their luck. " It's been a crazy weekend of talking to the group, convincing them this win was not a joke," he said in a press release. "I heard a lot of joyous screaming on the phone."
And it was a win that could have easily gone terribly wrong. While many think tax employees are obsessed with mundane details, it seems Bussière is not among them. He left the winning ticket in a mug on his desk.
When he realized his pool had the winning number he rushed back to the office to move it to a safer place.
You have to think the winners are pretty happy that the CRA doesn't collect taxes on lottery winnings. The CRA, on the other hand...
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