$35-million winning lottery ticket purchased in Kamloops

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A lottery ticket purchased in Kamloops for the Tuesday, July 25, Lotto Max draw is worth $35 million.

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The jackpot in Tuesday’s draw was $70 million, with two winning tickets matching all seven numbers. One ticket was purchased in Kamloops and the second was purchased in Alberta. Lotto Max is a twice-weekly (Tuesdays and Fridays) draw in which players choose seven numbers between 1 and 50. The odds of matching all seven numbers is one in 33.3 million.

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The winning numbers in Tuesday’s draw were 15, 16, 17,18, 43, 44 and 48. The bonus number, which applies to secondary prizes, was 50.

The prize equals the largest ever won by a lottery ticket in Kamloops.

On June 23, 2021, when local resident Gary Hill won $35 million in that date’s Lotto Max draw, splitting the $70-million jackpot with one other lucky ticket buyer in Ontario. Hill purchased his winning ticket from McGoo’s Smokes N Stuff in Northills Centre in North Kamloops.

The B.C. Lottery Corp. said the location where the July 25 winning ticket was purchased once the winner comes forward, noting the winner has 52 weeks to claim the prize.

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