Kamloops couple win $500,000 from a lottery ticket

Two Kamloops residents are $500,000 richer thanks to an Extra prize on a lottery ticket draw. Couple Mark and Colleen Wihlidal discovered their big win from the Aug. 3 Lotto 6/49 as Mark was at home drinking a cup of coffee and checking the ticket on the BC Lotteries Corporation app. “I drink a lot of coffee and I could feel the shock coming on,” Mark said. “It’s a good thing I was sitting down. Shock and coffee should not go together.” Mark told his wife the news right away. “I thought he was joking when he showed me the winning ticket,” Colleen said. “It’s so exciting and surreal.” The Wihlidals plan to use their money for travelling, home improvement, retirement and toward their children. The winning ticket was purchased from Safeway on Fortune Drive in Kamloops. To contact a reporter for this story, email Bailey Zimmer mailto:bzimmer@infonews.ca  or call 250-808-0143 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 .