B.C. lottery winner will use prize to 'help out' his children

A Metro Vancouver man who won a hefty amount of cash in a recent lottery draw said the prize will be "life-changing" for his family.

Mohammad Golchehreh won $500,000 this month in a Lotto 6/49 draw, but said he initially thought he'd won a smaller prize.

"I thought it must only be $15 that I won," the Coquitlam resident told the B.C. Lottery Corporation.

"I checked it again and it said $500.000 and I was still in disbelief."

His plans for the prize are all about family, he said through a BCLC news release.

"I'm hoping to help out my children and take a trip to see my brother in England," he said.

He called the win a relief, saying he has less to worry about now.