A Red Deer man is now a millionaire after winning the Edmonton Oilers 50-50 draw.

This past week, the Edmonton Oilers Community Foundation announced Kyle Thibeault won nearly $3.2 million through the first 50-50 draw of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

In an interview with Oilers TV, Thibeault called his winnings “life-changing.”

“I’m 51 years old and I don’t have to work again if I invest the money properly. It’s a feeling that you can’t even imagine how it feels until it happens to you,” Thibeault told Oilers TV.

Thibeault said he will purchase a yellow Lamborghini and a house, and then will invest the rest of his winnings. His mother encouraged him to buy a ticket for this particular 50-50 draw, so he will also be sending her on a trip to Hawaii.

“On April 21 my mom called me and said, ‘You know I’ve got a good feeling that you’re going to win, so you better buy a 50-50.’ And you know what? I bought the 50-50 immediately and next things you know, I’m holding a $3.2-million cheque,” he said.

Thibeault told Oilers TV about how he learned of his 50-50 win.

“My girlfriend gets up to go to work at 5:30 in the morning. We got up, she took the dogs out and I rolled over and grabbed my phone. I looked at the winning number and thought, ‘Oh my god, I think that’s my number,'” said Thibeault.

“I scrolled through my email, found the number, got goosebumps. My eyes went large and I jumped out to bed and said, ‘Honey, I won the 50-50.’ She went, ‘What?’ And I said, ‘I actually won the 50-50.’ I showed her my phone and said, ‘Did I (actually) win it?’ She said, ‘Yeah, you did.'”

After that, he called his mom to tell her he won the 50-50 draw. Her response was, “Well I told you that you were going to win it,” Thibeault said.

“My mom has a good intuition. I’ve listened to her over the years. If I don’t listen to her, I usually get kicked in the butt. My mom’s positivity and her being such a great mother to me over my lifetime … manifested into what she told me was going to happen,” he said.

For more information on the Oilers 50-50, visit www.nhl.com/oilers.