Millionaire march for b.c. lottery players as another jackpot winner claims prize

– March could be renamed Millionaire Month in B.C. with two more British Columbians winning millions on LOTTO MAX Canadas newest national lottery game.

Kevin Bowser from Houston B.C. will split last Fridays $19 Million LOTTO MAX jackpot with another winner in Abbotsford with each taking home $9.5 Million.

For Bowser hitting the jackpot meant hitting the road since he drove 13 hours from Houston (with a population of less than 3000 people) to Richmond after he learned hed won.

I asked my brother for a ride because I didnt have a reliable car said the 48yearold forklift operator. I had the ticket in my wallet and checked it just about every fifteen minutes!

With the Abbotsford winner still to come the total number of major jackpots claimed in B.C. this month will be four after a pair of postal workers Derek and Frances Bird from Surrey claimed B.C.s biggest ever lottery jackpot of $25 Million on the first of March and Vancouvers Ivy Leung claimed the BC/49s $2 Million top prize just two days later.

This has been a remarkable month for our players said VicePresident of Lottery Gaming Jim Lightbody. To have jackpot winners in backtoback draws on our new national lottery game LOTTO MAX is outstanding. Add a BC/49 winner and it makes for a pretty fantastic month – and were only nine days in!

Bowser who plans to quit his job and buy a house purchased his lucky ticket at the Bulkley Valley Foods in his hometown.

LOTTO MAX can be played at all BCLC retail locations and online at PlayNow.com.

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