A North Vancouver resident, who says he doesn't usually buy lotto tickets, got one in a celebratory mood after landing a new job.
He went to the Safeway in Lynn Valley.
“I bought a lottery ticket and a bottle of champagne to celebrate the new job,” said Simon Pleau. “The draw was for that night, so when I found out I won I told my wife we have something else we need to celebrate.”
He didn’t just win, Pleau won big: $5 million in the Lotto 6/49 Classic Jackpot from the March 29 draw. Despite the huge payout, he said he plans to keep his new job as a software engineer.
Lotto 6/49 is a nationwide game drawn on Wednesdays and Saturdays after 7:30 p.m. (PDT). The odds of winning the Classic Jackpot are about one in 14 million.
In January, British Columbia Lottery Corp. reported that lottery players won more than $113 million from Lotto 6/49. The Crown corporation earned $1.3 billion in net income in its 2021-22 fiscal year.
