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Crist will spread his winnings across many charities over a number of years. He has no idea which organizations yet, except for one: the Tom Baker Cancer Centre.Crist's wife, Jan, died of lung cancer in February 2012, aged 57."Tom Baker will be one of them because they treated her," Crist said."Tom Baker's dear to my heart, no question."The news may come as a shock to the Calgary care facility. Crist hasn't told a soul about his winnings until now, not even his four children, although they will now help him choose charities and manage donations."It's just going to unfold next year, so we'll decide as a family what we're going to do and how we're going to do it," he said."The nice part is you can keep donating for years and years. It'll be in my family trust and we'll just carry on."Crist was golfing in Palm Springs when he took the call about his win. He was "speechless" for a moment, but knew immediately he wouldn't keep his winnings."I'm fortunate enough that I've done well for myself financially. I don't need the money."Crist has been playing LOTTO Max for about five years, but confessed to being passive subscriber."I just renew it every year," he said."They send me a notice and I pay them. I don't know what numbers I won on, I don't even pay attention. I just pay them every year and I know I've got a ticket."Sometimes I'd get a cheque for $10 or $20, but I never expected this."Calgary's lottery record was previously held by a city couple who won $30 million in February.Crist retired as president and chief executive of electronics company EECOL in September.After an extended holiday in Southeast Asia in the new year, he will turn his attention to the donations, starting with the wholesale nba jerseys Tom Baker centre."I'll go up and talk to them about how we can utilize the money. How do we get something in memory of (Jan)?"So while Crist may soon relinquish the title of Calgary's wealthiest lottery winner, he make take some beating to be eclipsed as its richest.He knows his late wife would think so."She'd be ecstatic (about donating the money)," he said."She'd think the same, guaranteed."Crist isn't the only lucky lotto winner in this city.Expectant mother Julie Kelly recently learned a Lotto 6/49 ticket she purchased on a whim netted her more than $1.6 million."I hardly ever play LOTTO 6/49," Kelly said in a statement, adding she normally buys Lotto Max tickets. "I've maybe played five or six times in my life."