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Kamloops woman planning vacations after $500K lottery win

Kamloops resident Mary Jobling scored the winning $500,000 Extra prize from a Lotto 6/49 draw ticket she bought March 23 at the IDA Pharmacy on Railway Avenue in Kamloops.
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A couple of tropical vacations are on now in the cards for a Kamloops woman who just scooped half a million dollars in the lottery.

Kamloops resident Mary Jobling scored the winning $500,000 Extra prize from a Lotto 6/49 draw ticket she bought March 23 at the IDA Pharmacy on Railway Avenue in Kamloops.

"I will celebrate in Mexico but the first destination on my list is a trip to Hawaii," Jobling said in a B.C. Lottery Corporation media release. "I validated the ticket at the same place I purchased it and was in disbelief when it locked down their machine. I kept thinking, 'now I can go to Mexico.'"

Jobling first told her husband about the win.

"I called him and he thought I was joking but he finally believes me," she said.

Along with her beach vacations, Jobling also plans to help her kids out with her winnings.

"I’m still in disbelief… (I'm) very happy and excited. My father always says you can’t win if you don’t play," she said.

According to the lottery corporation, B.C. lottery players won more than $42 million from the Extra and more than $262 million from Lotto Max in 2021. Lotto Max is a nationwide lottery game drawn on Tuesdays and Fridays at 7:30 p.m.


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