Image: BC Lottery Corporation / Abbotsford Lotto Max winner Josephine Knipstrom

By Mike Vanden Bosch

Abbotsford woman wins Lotto Max

Abbotsford resident plans to celebrate Lotto Max jackpot by going out to eat and helping the grandkids

Aug 19, 2024 | 10:11 AM

ABBOTSFORD — Winning a half-million dollar jackpot can leave a lot of people speechless and utterly stunned.

That’s the kind of reaction Josephine Knipstrom’s husband had when she him that she won $500,000 from the August 13, 2024 Lotto Max draw.

The Abbotsford resident, who split a Maxmillions prize with another player in Ontario, had to interrupt her husband’s meal of cereal to share the exceptionally important news.

“I walked into the kitchen and said, ‘I hope you’re sitting down.’ He was in shock. He had tears in his eyes!”

Knipstrom and her husband plan to celebrate by going out for a fish and chips dinner.

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Aside from helping her daughter and grandchildren, Knipstrom says she has no immediate plans on how to spend her winnings.

“I feel like it’s surreal, it has not yet set in!”

Knipstrom purchased and validated the winning ticket at Petro Canada on Sumas Way and Marshall Road in Abbotsford.

B.C. lottery players have redeemed more than $97 million from Lotto Max in 2024 alone. Lotto Max is a nationwide lottery game drawn on Tuesdays and Fridays after 7:30 p.m. (PST).