A Port Hardy man is over $580,000 dollars richer thanks to a casino win.
While staying at a Nanaimo Hotel, Paul Willie started playing a slots game on BCLC’s PlayNow.com, the only legal and regulated gambling website in the province.
He ended up winning a jackpot, earning him a total of $588,376.64.
It was quite the shock, and Paul thought it was a trick.
“I wasn’t quite sure what to think. I pressed the screen off and on again,” said Willie. “I thought it was a hoax!.”
He later said that he reached out to his family as soon as the win was confirmed, as he plans on using the money to buy a new vehicle.
