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Record lottery ticket purchased in Richmond
Someone who purchased a lottery ticket in Richmond last week has hit the jackpot.
Someone who purchased a lottery ticket in
Richmond last week has hit the jackpot.
Big time.
The single ticket matched all seven numbers
in the Lotto Max draw in the July 26 draw to win the $60 million prize, the
biggest in B.C. lottery history.
The winner still has to come forward and
claim their prize. They have 52 weeks from the draw date to do so. Afterwards,
the B.C. Lottery Corporation will announce the specific retail location in
Richmond that sold the huge prize.
The previous largest prizes ever won in B.C.
are three $50 million Lotto Max jackpots in October 2010, March 2014 and in
April 2016.
British Columbians have claimed over $108
million in Lotto Max prizes so far in 2019, including a $25.9 million prize won
in Merritt in February.
The main Lotto Max jackpot can now grow as
high as $70 million, with the odds of winning the main prize being one in
33,294, 800 per $5 play.