Alison Trulsen won $500,000 during the June 18 Lotto Max draw (Submitted photo/BCLC).

By Aaron Schulze

Lotto Max Fever

Kamloops woman wins $500,000 from Lotto Max draw in June

Aug 10, 2021 | 12:15 PM

KAMLOOPS — It wasn’t the $70 million jackpot that kept Canadians consistently checking their lottery numbers, but a Kamloops woman left the lotto-crazed month of June with a rich memory.

Alison Trulsen won $500,000 during the June 18 Lotto Max draw, matching seven out of seven numbers on a ticket she purchased in Quebec to split a $1 million Maxmillions prize. She checked her winning ticket at the Aberdeen Hills Petro-Canada.

“I don’t have any big plans to celebrate,” Trulsen says. “However, my husband and I plan on having pizza… it’s nice not having to cook. For this ticket, I didn’t check the Maxmillions so I didn’t even know I had won. When I went to Petro-Canada and saw that it was a winner I was so surprised. I still couldn’t believe it and had to share the news with [my husband]. He was pretty happy.”

Trulsen says she doesn’t have any immediate plans for her prize, but she will likely put the money away for a rainy day or invest it.