Close X
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
ADVT 
National

Soon-To-Be Newlyweds Win $500,000 Lotto Max Prize

14 Feb, 2020 07:51 PM

    Michele Zaharia and Mark Langton are celebrating their decision to say ‘Yes’ to the Extra — and each other — after winning $500,000 playing Lotto Max.


    The lucky Lake Cowichan players matched all four Extra numbers in the December 31, 2019 Lotto Max draw, giving them several more reasons to celebrate when they say ‘Yes’ to each other at their upcoming summer wedding.


    Michele, who purchased the ticket at the Duncan Walmart, was getting a new phone when she decided to check her ticket results on the BCLC Lotto! App.


    “My volume was turned off and [Mark and I] checked it three or four times,” said Michele, who took a screen capture of the winning-ticket message for a keepsake.


    “Shock is the best way to describe it.” Mark had to travel for work shortly after the draw, so the couple have had some time to digest its big win. Top of the bucket list items are paying down the mortgage, buying a wedding dress and perhaps retiring a few years earlier than expected.


    “It’s an incredible feeling,” Mark said. “You don’t’ believe what you’re seeing is real.”


    “But, it’s getting more real every minute,” Michele added from BCLC’s Vancouver prize-claim office.

    MORE National ARTICLES

    Comox Valley RCMP Investigate Serious Assault Downtown Courtenay

    Comox Valley RCMP Investigate Serious Assault Downtown Courtenay
    The investigation that began as a serious assault is now a homicide after the victim passed away in hospital yesterday afternoon.    

    Comox Valley RCMP Investigate Serious Assault Downtown Courtenay

    Student Safety Increased Through BC School-Police Partnerships

    A stronger partnership between schools and police is helping keep more B.C. students safe.  

    Student Safety Increased Through BC School-Police Partnerships

    National Housing Day: Premier John Horgan’s Says We Are Increasing Supply, Curbing Speculative Demand And Tackling Fraud And Money Laundering

    Premier John Horgan has issued the following statement in recognition of National Housing Day on Friday, Nov. 22, 2019:

    National Housing Day: Premier John Horgan’s Says We Are Increasing Supply, Curbing Speculative Demand And Tackling Fraud And Money Laundering

    Video: Sikh Toddler Helping Clean Up After ‘Langar’ At Gurdwara Wins Hearts - WATCH

    A Sikh child’s ‘selfless service’ at a gurdwara, the video of which has gone viral, has melted hearts. There is a one-minute clip of the small boy helping at the gurdwara.    

    Video: Sikh Toddler Helping Clean Up After ‘Langar’ At Gurdwara Wins Hearts - WATCH

    No Substantive Progress' In Talks As CN Rail Workers Strike Enters Fourth Day

    No Substantive Progress' In Talks As CN Rail Workers Strike Enters Fourth Day
    MONTREAL - The strike at the country's biggest railway has entered its fourth day with no resolution in sight as round-the-clock negotiations continue under the watch of federal mediators.

    No Substantive Progress' In Talks As CN Rail Workers Strike Enters Fourth Day

    'I Was Bawling': Injured Bronco's Mother Stunned By His Progress After Surgery

    The mother of a hockey player paralyzed in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash says she's stunned by the progress he has made since receiving spinal surgery in Thailand.    

    'I Was Bawling': Injured Bronco's Mother Stunned By His Progress After Surgery