FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

PRINCE GEORGE, BC – The Prince George Spruce Kings would like to congratulate Linda Kelly of McBride British Columbia as the first early bird winner in the 28th Annual Spruce Kings Show Home Lottery. Ticket number 886 was purchased by Linda Kelly at Canadian Tire and was drawn on Sunday night at 8:00pm out of the Show Home Lottery draw barrel at the house in the Aberdeen Glen Subdivision.

The first early bird prize was a Vancouver Canucks Get-Away for two from Japatedon Travel & Cruises in Prince George. The prize package featured a departure from Prince George, accommodations in Vancouver and tickets to an upcoming Canucks game at General Motors Place. There are a total of ten early bird prizes leading up to the grand prize of a quality built Show Home by Ebb Construction valued at $376,000 on February 14, 2010.

The winning ticket was one of 1,546 in the draw barrel, marking a new record high for tickets purchased in advance of the first early bird draw. This year there are 7,500 total tickets available for the 28th annual lottery in support of the community owned Junior 'A' Spruce Kings hockey team. The lottery has sold out in both of the previous years and is on pace to do the same again this year.

"There is a great demand for tickets this year and that is resulting in an unbelievable start for ticket sales," said Spruce Kings Show Home Lottery manager, Jim Young. "Last year tickets were sold out three weeks before the grand prize draw date and this year the pace is challenging that start and may sell out even earlier."

Tickets are available at numerous locations around Prince George including Canadian Tire, Spruceland News, Hart Drugs, Evergreen Pharmacy, the Northern Hardware, the kiosk in Pine Centre Mall, the Spruce Kings office in the Prince George Coliseum and the Show Home at 2638 Links Drive in the Aberdeen Glen Subdivision. Tickets can also be purchased from anywhere within the Province of British Columbia through a convenient 24 hour phone service. Call 250.962.I.WIN (4946) or toll free 1.888.962.4946.

The next early bird prize draw will be on Sunday November 22, 2009 for a set of four season tickets to the Prince George Spruce Kings 2010-11 British Columbia Hockey League season. A complete list of early bird prizes and draw dates as well as a winner's list is available from the Spruce Kings website.

For more information, please contact the Spruce Kings office at 250.564.1747.