Mary Jobling said she could not believe it at first when she realized she had matched the four Extra numbers on her Lotto 6/49 ticket to win a $ 500,000 prize. The Ashcroft resident got her ticket for the March 23 draw at IDA Pharmacy on Railway Ave. “I validated the ticket at the same place I bought it and I was skeptical when they locked their camera! I kept thinking, ‘Now I can go to Mexico!’” The Ashcroft resident said in a statement through the BC Lottery Corporation. But this is not the only trip Jobling is planning. “I will be celebrating in Mexico, but the first destination on my list is a trip to Hawaii,” he said. Jobling’s husband also could not believe the news. “I called him and he thought I was joking but he finally believed me,” Jobling said. The odds of matching all four numbers in Extra to save $ 500,000 are one in 3,764,376. Winning the jackpot has an even lower chance of winning at 13,983,816. With such an infinitesimal chance, Jobling still can not believe her fate. “I am still in disbelief; very happy and excited,” he said in a statement. “My father always says you can not win if you do not play.”
