Penalty Negating Return TD in Canadian Football League Costs Family $1,000,000

On Thursday night in the Canadian Football League, Martese Jackson of the Toronto Argonauts took a kickoff to the house for the game's second return touchdown, effectively putting $1,000,000 into Karen Kuldys' pockets.

And then came the flag.

A blocking penalty 25 yards from the end zone negated what would've netted Kuldys' family a huge prize in the Safeway/Sobeys $1,000,000 Touchdown To Win contest.

According to Devin Heroux of CBC Sports, Kuldys didn’t realize what was at stake; she initially thought the touchdown served as an entry into the contest.

"My heart just sank and I thought, 'Oh my God, how close could I get to one million dollars,'" she said. "You got to be kidding me. My stomach is in knots just thinking about it right now."

[h/t CBC Sports]