BCLC data shows a positive run of lottery luck for tickets and games purchased in Nanaimo. All told, 13 people won at least $500,000 worth of BCLC prizes since 2012. (Alex Rawnsley/NanaimoNewsNOW)
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Cha-ching: Nanaimo lotto players on ‘significant’ run of luck

Sep 4, 2019 | 9:14 AM

NANAIMO — Lottery balls are falling the right way for people in Nanaimo, who are seemingly continually hitting it rich.

The BC Lottery Corporation reported “significant” lotto luck in the harbour city in recent memory, including substantial winnings of $5 million and half a million this summer alone.

The biggest Nanaimo based jackpots over the past few years were Lotto 6/49 prizes of $21 million in 2016 and just under $10 million last year.

Thirteen separate prizes of at least half a million dollars since 2012 were earned on tickets bought in Nanaimo