Last week staff at Okotoks Eyecare received a pleasant surprise from Alberta Lottery.

Fourteen staff members, 11 optometric staff and three doctors, will be splitting their winnings of $100,000.

The group has a subscription through Alberta Lottery where they've all signed a lottery buying agreement to pay for six months at a time.

Susan, optician and optometric assistant at Okotoks Eyecare, says the atmosphere was full of excitement when they learned about their win.

"It was amazing, disbelief was definitely the first reaction then of course ecstatic and amazed that finally we'd won," she says. "Some of us have been contributing for eight or nine years so this was the first big win for our group."

The group had received a call from the lottery's headquarters, a service offered through the subscription, asking if they were aware they'd won because of the amount of the prize. Staff at Okotoks Eyecare then checked the numbers online and called a couple phone numbers to have it verified.

Susan says some of the staff already have plans for their winnings.

"Lots of talk about shopping and different trips and things they're going to spoil themselves with and pay off a few debts."

According to Susan each individual had to sign paper work, provide I.D., and get everything notarized.

The group expects to receive their cheques within the next few weeks.