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B.C. residents set a record for lottery winnings in 2019

BCLC said today that it has paid out lottery players in B.C. with a record-breaking $785 million in winnings this year.
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BCLC said today that it has paid out lottery players in B.C. with a record-breaking $785 million in winnings this year. 

In addition to the highest value of prizes paid out in BCLC’s history, a second record was set in 2019 when Richmond’s Joseph Katalinic won $60 million from the July 26, 2019 Lotto Max draw – the largest single lottery prize ever awarded in B.C. 

B.C. also had a string of four consecutive $1 million guaranteed Lotto 6/49 Prize wins from Nov. 20-30, 2019: only the second time that has ever happened in B.C. 

Here were B.C.’s biggest winners:

  • Richmond’s Joseph Katalinic - $60M Lotto Max Winner
  • Surrey’s Michelle De Roma - $39.5M Lotto Max Winner
  • Merritt’s Rowena Inyallie & George Munro $25.9M Lotto Max Winners
  • Telkwa’s Kenneth & Susan Salter $20M Lotto Max Winners
  • Tumbler Ridge’s Vivienne Mills - $10.1M Lotto 6/49 Winner
  • Port Alberni’s Madelaine & Harold Thomas - $5M Lotto 6/49 Winners