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Lottery Winners

2015 TOP STORIES: Lottery winners from the Southern Interior

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Millions of people play the lottery but only a handful of people win millions — and a half dozen of those who won this year live in the Southern Interior. First up was Albert and Margaret Greening of Vernon, who won $5.8 million in the April Fool’s Day Lotto 6/49 draw. Their ticket...

Penticton couple became millionaires on Boxing Day

PENTICTON - A lottery ticket purchased at Penticton’s Cherry Lane Shopping Centre let a local couple keep the celebration going the day after Christmas. Lindsay Slobodzian and Grzegroz Slobodzian checked their lottery ticket while Boxing Day shopping, Dec. 26, just an hour before hosting a family get together, and found out they won one of...

Vernon lottery winners ‘struck by lightning twice’

VERNON - While most people only dream of winning the lottery, Vernon couple Diana Cools and Neil Remsbery have won it twice, most recently a $500,000 win on the Nov. 6, 2015, Lotto Max Extra draw. Their last win was in 1993, a $50,000 BC/49 win that helped start their lives together. Now 22 years...

Kelowna resident wins $1M in Lotto 6/49

KELOWNA - Christmas came early for one Kelowna resident. Tuong Van Mai won the guaranteed $1 million prize in the Dec. 16 Lotto 6/49 draw.  “When I checked my ticket before work I couldn’t believe I won $1 million because I never thought I would win that big. I was shocked and overwhelmed but I...

Penticton’s newest millionaire revealed

PENTICTON - Another lottery draw, another Okanagan winner. Irene Vestner of Penticton won $1 million in the guaranteed prize draw of the May 30 Lotto 6/49 draw. She claimed her prize today at the B.C. Lottery Corp. head office in Kamloops. Vestner joins several other recent Okanagan winners, including Brittany Powell of Kelowna, Tanya Williams...

UPDATE: 24-year-old from Kelowna wins $1-million lottery

KELOWNA - Brittany Powell was filling up her car at a gas station with some friends when she decided to check her Lotto Max ticket. “All of a sudden bells started going off. I was excited because I thought maybe I had won $50,000 and could pay off my jeep,” she says. “But I couldn’t...

Lotto 6/49 ticket purchased in Penticton worth $1 million

PENTICTON - Someone who bought a Lotto 6/49 ticket in Penticton is going to be doing a happy dance soon. The B.C. Lottery Corporation reports the $1-million winner in the guaranteed prize of the Saturday, May 30, draw purchased their ticket in Penticton. The winner with the exact match to the winning number — 03362986-03...