Existence has adjusted for a B.C. resident. Profitable $55 million will do that.
On Tuesday, the B.C. Lottery Company disclosed that William Scott Gurney of Vancouver Island was the large winner of the large Lotto Max jackpot on Feb. 28.
Gurney acquired the ticket just prior to the attract, stating he was in Help save-On-Food items in Sidney when he decided to invest $20 at the store’s consumer centre.
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The announcement was broadcast are living on Facebook, with Gurney declaring he uncovered out the up coming working day, on March 1, that a person in the Saanich area was the lucky winner.
“I was sitting down in my office environment, (the jackpot information) was all over the radio,” recalled Gurney, who checked his ticket on the BCLC Lotto! Application.
“I identified as my assistant to my workplace, and she to begin with go through the selection on my mobile phone as $55,000 — she then realized it explained $55 million and we could not do something all day immediately after.”
Gurney, noting he checked the lottery app 3 occasions and the BCLC internet site as nicely, mentioned profitable was “pretty surreal, a quite outstanding emotion.”
Initially, Gurney claimed he wasn’t likely to expose that he’d won the jackpot right until May possibly, but it became tougher to maintain the information key, so he pushed up the timeline.
“We all play to get pretty few of us are blessed to do that,” said Gurney. “I’m lucky ample to be one particular of people number of.”
As for what he designs to do with his winnings, Gurney stated he’s heading to get some time before deciding.
Having said that, he’ll be obtaining a house on Vancouver Island — some thing with a dock, as he loves crabbing — and an overseas holiday vacation home as very well.
Oh, and this: Gurney is a bookkeeper by occupation and is centered on acquiring somebody to search after his clients ahead of retiring, but verified that he “will not be returning for one more tax season.”
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