After watching a commercial for the $250 Million Golden Treasures Scratch n' Win lottery game, Gary Forget of Cochrane set his sights on buying a ticket.

Forget made an off the cuff comment to his wife, telling her, "I’m going to win a big prize on that one," not realizing that's exactly what would happen.

The ticket Forget purchased won him the instant win top prize of $2.5 million.

With Forget's windfall of money, he plans to take care of his family.

“It will let me look after them – to take care of our kids, and help with our grandkids’ education,” Forget said in a press release. “I’ll probably retire, but I’m going to let this sink in for a while first. I might also buy myself a new car, something nice, to treat myself.”

Forget's winning ticket was purchased from the Mac’s at 58 West Aarsby Road in Cochrane.