Life is about to change for one Canadian resident, and in a big way.
According to the B.C. Lottery Corporation (BCLC), a lottery ticket purchased on Vancouver Island is worth $55 million.
Bought in the Saanich North region, the ticket matched all seven numbers — 1, 3, 8, 24, 35, 42, and 43 — for Tuesday night’s Lotto Max nationwide lottery draw.
It was the only ticket in Canada to match all seven numbers. It was also B.C.’s first Lotto Max jackpot win of the year.
Another ticket, sold in western Canada, matched six of the seven numbers and is worth $219,000.
The odds of winning a Lotto Max jackpot are one in 33,294,800 per $5 play. Lotto Max is drawn twice a week, on Tuesdays and Fridays.
BCLC says all lottery prize winners have 52 weeks from the draw date printed on their ticket to come forward to claim their prize.
The specific retail location where the winning lottery ticket was purchased, and the lottery winners’ name(s) will be announced after the winner has come forward to claim their prize.
The largest lottery prize ever won in B.C. was a $70 million Lotto Max jackpot won in September 2021.