A boat for her husband and a holiday in the tropics are in the near future for a woman who won $2.1 million playing the slots at Casino Nanaimo.
Erralyn Joseph, a Snuneymuxw First Nation band councillor, was playing the casino鈥檚 Wheel of Fortunes Exotic Far East slot machine with her husband Joshua on Feb. 23, and was down to one of her last plays of the night when she hit the jackpot worth $2,129,071.
鈥淚t was one of the most significant wins that we鈥檝e had in B.C. history on a slot machine,鈥� said Garth Pieper, B.C. Lottery Corporation director of casino operations.
The jackpot was a progressive jackpot tallied up by slot machines linked across Canada.
Joseph, who said she鈥檚 still 鈥渦p in the clouds,鈥� was presented with the winnings at a ceremony held at Casino Nanaimo on Thursday, March 3.
鈥淚t鈥檚 been unreal,鈥� Joseph said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 mind-blowing. You never think of this moment in your life and here we are. You go out and buy a lottery ticket and think I鈥檓 going to win it and you don鈥檛 win it, but here we are. I鈥檓 so grateful.鈥�
Joseph said she wants to take all 27 members of her family to the Bahamas or Mexico, buy a boat for her husband and is considering support for local lacrosse.
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