She wasn't sure if it was dogmatically proper, but last Friday night Sophie Rizavas prayed to Jesus for money.

The 63-year-old North York grandmother was juggling four jobs as a cleaning lady, while her husband drove airport limos. She wanted them both to retire.

"I said, please Jesus, send me some money," Rizavas recalled. "I don't need too much."

The next day she won $50 million in the lottery.

"It was a miracle," she laughed, speaking to reporters at the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp.'s prize centre near Dundas Square on Tuesday. Rizavas said she's always been a casual lottery player, but never in her wildest expectations undefined or prayers undefined thought she would win.

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