Colton Burwash, lottery winner (Photo credit/BCLC)

By Pete McIntyre

$1-million

Man says he ‘freaked out’ over lottery win

Jul 16, 2021 | 10:35 AM

GRAND FORKS B.C. — The morning routine of getting ready for work took a very positive turn recently for Colton Burwash.

The Grand Forks resident scanned his lottery ticket on the BC Lottery Corportation’s app, and intially thought his phone had a glitch, but soon learned he was $1-million richer after winning a Maxmillions prize in the June 15, 2021 Lotto Max draw.

“It was a blur,” Burwash said. “I was getting ready for work…and thought why not check my ticket. I freaked out and thought I was going crazy.”

Burwash bought his ticket at the Christina Lake Canco and said his roommate was the first person who learned about his win followed by a call to his family.

“Everyone thought I was joking around,” he said. “The first few days after finding out, I felt like I would wake up and it was going to be some sort of dream.”

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To celebrate, Burwash treated his roommate and their parents to dinner. He said he plans to take a bit of extra vacation time this summer and will invest a lot of his prize so he can look forward to an early retirement.

“I think this is life changing,” he said. “To me this is forever a huge change.”