Tickets are on sale now for the 2013 BC SPCA Lottery . for the animals, which funds urgently needed medical care, sheltering, spay and neuter services, advocacy, adoption and foster care programs and other services provided for homeless and abused animals in BC SPCA shelters across the province.

"The 2013 BC SPCA lottery is our largest ever, with prizes totalling more than $100,000," Farrah Rooney, the BC SPCA's manager of fundraising events, said in a press release.

"Not only will you be helping to save the lives of B.C.'s most vulnerable animals, but you'll have a chance to win a jackpot yourself. It is a win-win situation for animal lovers."

Tickets are $25 each, three for $55 and five for $80.

There are daily prizes throughout May for $2,500 cash prizes, with a larger prize of $5,000 awarded each Friday and a special Mother's Day prize on May 12 worth $10,000. There's also an early bird draw on April 1 (the deadline to get your ticket is midnight on March 17).

Each winning ticket is re-entered for the daily prizes.

To order tickets, call 604-205-5998, or request your tickets online at spca. bc.ca/lottery.

Ticket purchasers must be 19 years of age or older and tickets can only be sold in B.C.

For complete rules and regulations, visit spca.bc.ca/lottery.

For more information, contact 604709-6712 or e-mail the SPCA at lottery@ spca.bc.ca.