Nanaimo lotto players continue to rake in the cash, with a ticket from a Dec. 27 Lotto 6/49 draw worth half a million dollars. (BCLC)

By NanaimoNewsNOW Staff

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Lotto ticket sold in Nanaimo worth $500,000

Dec 29, 2025 | 11:05 AM

NANAIMO — Lady Luck continues to favour mid-Island lotto players.

Just four days after a Parksville player won $500,000 on a Dec. 23 Lotto Max draw, a ticket sold in Nanaimo has done the same through the Extra Prize draw for the Saturday, Dec. 27 Lotto 6/49.

The $500,000 prize comes as a result of the ticket matching all four numbers.

Winners of lottery prizes in B.C. have one year from the draw date to claim their prize, and this win continues an extraordinary run of locals winning $500,000 or more since 2012.

Well over three dozen tickets purchased in Nanaimo alone have won at least half a million dollars.

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In addition to the pre-Christmas prize for an Oceanside player, a Qualicum Beach woman, Ann Maybee, won $500,000 in September through the same Extra Prize draw, while a Nanaimo man picked up over $213,000.

BCLC also reported a $500,000 prize went to a ticket sold in Nanoose Bay for an April draw, but was unclaimed.

A $5 million jackpot for the main 6/49 draw on Saturday night was not won, and the jackpot for the Wednesday, Dec. 31 is projected at $14 million in the Gold Ball draw, and $5 million in the classic draw.

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