‘What Are The Odds?’ Canadian Wins New Cottage In Raffle After House Burned Down This Summer

‘What Are The Odds?’ Canadian Wins New Cottage In Raffle After House Burned Down This Summer

‘What Are The Odds?’ Canadian Wins New Cottage In Raffle After House Burned Down This Summer – credit Daniel Drouin via Facebook From far-western Canada comes the remarkable story of a man who entered a raffle to win a new house—just days before his home burned down. The $50 that Mr. Daniel Drouin spent on the raffle ticket is now looking like a pretty tidy investment, as he has the option of choosing a prefabricated wooden cottage to fit a family, or $150,000. A musician on Prince Edward Island, Drouin has two children, one of whom had been staying with friends, and the other with grandparents. He described the wild stroke of luck as “life-changing” and “a fresh start.” It was early this summer that Drouin bought a ticket for the Big Brothers, Big Sisters charity raffle at the urging of his girlfriend. He had originally thought better of it, as over 10,000 people had already entered. Life went on, presumably as usual, before he got a call at 2 a.m. in July from his son—the family house was…