This August, BC Lottery Corp. (BCLC) released its Concert of a Lifetime tickets across the province. Ten of the tickets have a $25,000 prize that comes with an entry into a draw for a suite for the winner and 13 of their friends for a very special concert happening at BC Place on December 6, 2024.
Of those 10, three winning tickets have been claimed.
BCLC announced on Oct. 2 that two more $25,000 winning tickets have recently been claimed.
Now those two joining a previously-announced $25,000 winner in the draw for the suite at one of Taylor Swift's shows in Vancouver on the Eras Tour (presumably).
The two new winners are Ziyi Xiong from Toronto and Douglas Lenhart from Vancouver.
Third $25,000 winner a music lover from Vancouver
Lenhart, a music lover, plans to take his family out for a nice dinner with his cash winnings; he bought his ticket in North Vancouver at the Town Pantry convenience store on Lansdale Avenue.
Xiong was visiting Vancouver when she bought the ticket at the Marpole Chevron on Granville Street. It was the first time she'd bought a scratch-and-win ticket.
She's saving her cash winnings for now and will use the $25,000 to fly herself and her friends out to Vancouver if she wins the concert suite.
Previously, Peggy Nagy of Burnaby was the first to scratch and win the top prize on a Concert of a Lifetime ticket.
While BCLC doesn't outright say the concert is Taylor Swift and The Eras Tour, the date and venue mean it's the first of the music superstar's three Vancouver shows.
While three Concert of a Lifetime "Golden Tickets" are gone, there are still seven others somewhere in B.C.
Of course, it's a scratch-and-win, so all sorts of other lower-denomination cash prizes are also possible to win with the tickets.
Tickets are selling rapidly, and only 250,000 tickets were issued province-wide. Many retailers are continuing to replenish their stock.
The tickets are being sold all around the province at retailers who sell BC Lotto and you have to be 19 to play.
With files from Lindsay William-Ross
