New record for the biggest single Canadian lottery prize ever won
TORONTO, Oct. 18, 2015 /CNW/ - Lottery players check your tickets! A winning ticket, worth a record-breaking $64 Million, was sold in Mississauga from the Saturday, October 17, 2015 LOTTO 6/49 draw.
This win sets a new record for the biggest single Canadian lottery prize ever won. The previous record for a single prize was set just a few weeks ago, when a ticket purchased in Ontario won $60 million in the September 25 LOTTO MAX draw.
The province saw plenty of other big winners from last night's draw:
- There were four secondary prize winning tickets worth $116,915.80 sold in Ontario – two in Toronto, one in Kitchener and one in the Barrie area.
- Plus, two ENCORE tickets worth $100,000 each were sold in Hamilton and the Peterborough area.
Since LOTTO 6/49 was launched in June 1982, Ontario players have won more than $10.9 billion in prize money, including 1,313 jackpot wins. As of October 10, 2015 there have been 3,310 LOTTO 6/49 draws. For more information, please visit olg.ca and click on Lotteries.
The next LOTTO 6/49 draw is on Wednesday, October 21, 2015 for an estimated $5 million jackpot and the Guaranteed $1 Million Prize draw.
OLG is a provincial agency responsible for gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, the PlayOLG Internet gaming website and the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres across the province. Since 1975, OLG has provided nearly $42 billion to the Province and the people of Ontario. OLG's annual payments to the province have helped support the operation of hospitals; prevention, treatment and research of problem gambling; amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program; and local and provincial charities. OLG was a Premier Sponsor of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am / Parapan Am Games.
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