A Greater Victoria man is $500,000 richer after winning the Extra prize in the June 27 drawing from Lotto 6/49.

SidneyB次元官网网址檚 Robert Scott had already defied the odds once before in his life, after doctors told him he might never walk again following an accident in 2003.

But Scott was back on his own two feet following a year or rehabilitation and determination, and now 15 years later he beat the odds again B次元官网网址� by winning a lottery draw estimated at one in 3.7 million.

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Scott bought his winning ticket at the Shell gas station in Mill Bay and says heB次元官网网址檒l be buying a new motor home.

B次元官网网址淭his win is going to give me the financial freedom to focus on what really matters, such as spending more quality time with my family and appreciating my health,B次元官网网址� said Scott.

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