The vast majority of people will never know what it’s like to win the lottery, but a recent B.C. winner says it’s comparable to a far more common experience. A Prince George resident—fittingly named Bill Cash—netted a $500,000 Extra prize from the May 9 Lotto Max draw. When the B.C. Lottery Corporation asked what it felt like to win, Cash had this to say: “It feels the same as how I felt when I caught this big trout the other day.” Cash reeled in the winning ticket while stopping for gas at Four Rivers Co-Op on Westgate Avenue, according to the BCLC. He first shared the news with his daughter. “She said I was full of it,” he remembers. Cash plans to put some of his windfall toward an investment portfolio, and is looking into buying a classic 1957 convertible. According to the BCLC, lottery players in the province have redeemed more than $18 million from the Extra and $102 million from Lotto Max so far in 2025. The odds of winning the top Lotto Max Extra prize are approximately one in 3.7 million.
