Winning ticket for $1M Lotto 6/49 prize claimed in Kelowna

| November 20, 2018 in Kelowna

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Kelowna’s Nick Pisio is a million dollars richer thanks to Lotto 6/49.

The local resident matched all 10 numbers to win the $1 million Guaranteed Prize draw held on November 7, 2018.

Pisio purchased the winning ticket at the at Mac’s convenience store on Springfield Road.

“The first person I told was my wife. I told her to sit down and she thought something bad had happened. She was jumping up and down…she even swore a little,” he said with a laugh.

“We enjoy spending our free time with our grandchildren. Now with an earlier retirement in our future, we can do that even more. We have no more worries.”

The husband and wife also plan to travel to Maui next spring and maybe even purchase a new car.

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