Image: BC Lottery Corporation / David Fisher (left) and Richard Courteen-Nurse (right), colleagues-turned-friends, just won the $1 million Lotto 6/49 draw and will share the jackpot.

By Mike Vanden Bosch

Buddies hit the jackpot

Two buddies from Harrison Mills and Mission will split a $1 million B.C. Lottery jackpot

Jun 24, 2025 | 6:25 AM

The B.C. Lottery Corporation says Richard Courteen-Nurse and David Fisher, two colleagues who later became friends, enjoy playing the lottery together.

The two buddies got an unexpected surprise of a lifetime earlier this month when they found out they won $1 million from the June 14, 2025 Lotto 6/49 draw.

“I was at home, using the [BCLC Lotto!] app,” recalled Courteen-Nurse. When I first saw the numbers, I said [a combination of expletives].”

Courteen-Nurse said he was most excited to share the news with Fisher as “he was getting half of it.”

Fisher recalled that he “was getting into a deep sleep,” when Courteen-Nurse called him with the news of their win, and shared he thought it was “just perfect for the start of [his] retirement.”

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Courteen-Nurse lives in Harrison Mills while Fisher calls Mission his home.

Fisher plans to take a vacation in Mexico, and Courteen-Nurse is using his winnings towards the purchase of a home.

On how it feels to win?

“It really takes the edge off,” said Courteen-Nurse.

The winning ticket was purchased at the London Drugs on London Avenue in Mission.