‘It must be a mistake’: Kamloops man wins $1M lottery prize

A man from Kamloops won a $1 million Lotto Max draw. Rolan Schindel bought a Lotto Max ticket on Sept. 17, at a gas station in Kamloops and when he got home he realized he had won the Maxmillion, according to a media release from BC Lottery Corporation. “My first thought was, ‘It must be a mistake,’ I checked it over three times before I called my wife over to double-check the numbers,” he said in the release. “She didn’t believe me even after she read the numbers online.” Schindel said he’s going to redo his driveway and help his kids and grandkids. “This lets me help my family,” he said. “It’s unreal.” READ MORE: How BCLC helps problem gamblers kick the habit https://infotel.ca/newsitem/how-bclc-helps-problem-gamblers-kick-the-habit/it102524 The odds of winning a Maxmillion are 1 in 33,294,800 for each $5 play, according to the lottery corporation. Click here for more information on gambling responsibly. https://www.gamesense.com/ To contact a reporter for this story, email Jesse Tomas mailto:jtomas@infonews.ca  or call 250-488-3065 or email the editor mailto:news@infonews.ca . You can also submit photos, videos or news tips to the newsroom mailto:tips@infonews.ca  and be entered to win a monthly prize draw. We welcome your comments and opinions on our stories but play nice. We won't censor or delete comments unless they contain off-topic statements or links, unnecessary vulgarity, false facts, spam or obviously fake profiles. If you have any concerns about what you see in comments, email the editor in the link above. SUBSCRIBE to our awesome newsletter here https://infotel.ca/newsletter .