B.C. lottery player thought he won $500, but actually won $500,000

Lottery winner Woo Jung K. is seen in this image handed out by the B.C. Lottery Corporation.

A recent lottery winner in Metro Vancouver was shocked to find out his prize contained double the digits he originally thought, according to the B.C. Lottery Corporation.

A media release says Woo Jung K. was so excited at the prospect of winning $500 that he woke up his wife to share the news.

It turns out, the Coquitlam resident actually won the $500,000 Extra prize from the Nov. 15, 2025, Lotto 6/49 draw.

“I thought it was $500 and woke my wife up to look. I showed her and my daughter and everyone thought it was $500,” Woo Jung K. told the BCLC. “Then we realized there was a Coquitlam winner and my win was actually $500,000.”

He said he’s going to celebrate the win with a family dinner, adding the windfall “will be helpful.”

The ticket was bought at Blue Mountain Market in Coquitlam.

The odds of winning the $500,000 top Extra prize are roughly one in 3.7 million.