William Scott Gurney matched all seven numbers on his ticket in the Feb. 28 draw. Gurney claimed the $55-million prize on Tuesday and says it was a dream come true.
William Scott Gurney matched all seven numbers on his ticket in the Feb. 28 draw. He claimed the prize on Tuesday and says it was a dream come true.The $55-million jackpot is the largest lottery win recorded on Vancouver Island, according to the B.C. Lottery Corporation.
The lottery corporation pays retailers that sell winning tickets a percentage of the prize total, if the prize is worth more than $10,000. The percentage varies depending on the prize amount.'BIG HUBBUB' "The next morning there was a big hubbub about someone in Saanich or North Saanich [winning] the draw," he said. "So I got to work, pulled up the app, checked the ticket and it said $55 million."He called in his assistant to doublecheck the numbers, and checked the total three times on the BCLC mobile app and website "just to make sure there was nothing going wrong.
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