Surrey’s Roddie M. was about to get ready for the day when a morning e-mail changed his life.

 “I was waking up in bed,” explained Roddie. “I have a PlayNow account, so when you win you get a notification. For me, normally it’s a dollar or a free ticket. When I got this notification, I checked and saw a five with lots of zeros.”

 Roddie had matched all six numbers to take home the Lotto 6/49 Classic $5 Million Jackpot from the April 22,  draw.

“At first I thought it was a mistake. I checked the ticket and matched all the numbers. I didn’t believe it. I woke up my son to tell him.”

 Roddie, who won by playing his own numbers, calls the win ‘surreal’, adding that he and his son went out for dinner to The Keg for some celebratory steaks.

 As B.C.’s only legal gambling website, PlayNow.com is the only site whose profits benefit British Columbians through investments in things like healthcare, education and community programs. 

 Players can visit PlayNow.com to learn how to set time and money limits. For more information on tools and resources to encourage healthy play, visit GameSense.com.