After winning the $500,000 in the B.C. lottery, Esquimalt’s Douglas Bowker said he is goin’ fishing.
Asked what he what he will do with the winnings, Bowker said he is considering buying a small fishing boat and is looking forward to joining a golf club. Maybe buy a new car too.
“It fluctuates between disbelief and, ‘Oh, I can buy those cars I wanted,’” Bowker said through a B.C. Lottery Corporation news release.
Bowker bought his winning Extra prize ticket for the March 16 draw at Fraser 25 on Esquimalt Road.
He then got it scanned at the Metchosin Country Store, saying at first glance the sun was glaring on the display so he couldn’t tell what he saw.
“I couldn’t see the amount and asked the retailer to scan the ticket and they could not believe it,” he said “I was just scattered when I heard the amount.”
He then decided to keep it under his hat until he calmed down.
“I had a friend tell me if I win, to clam up until I got all my senses together,” he said.
This Extra prize was for an add-on game to the Lotto 6/49 game.
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