Lottery fever erupts across Canada

Comment #18

CASH Only — Sat, 29 Oct 2005 15:33:02 GMT

People dump their foreign coins at the Coinstar machine where I work. That's how come I have Toonies without being in Canada in recent years.

Comment #17

divine si — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 08:41:06 GMT

Yes, 17 people shared the prize, but for the last few months, 18 of them were in the pool, however one guy was on holidays so he wasn't in that draw. I hope they still give him something since he was a member of their regular pool. RE: Loonie/Toonie. The $1 coin is the Loonie - The bird on the back in the water is a Loon. The $2 coin was first issued several years later, and although it has a polar bear on the back it is nicknamed Toonie.

Comment #16

RJOh — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 04:31:58 GMT

It's all over.Seventeen people who work at Viking Holdings in Sedgewick are the winners of the biggest jackpot in Canadian history splitting a record-breaking pot of $54,294,712.That works out to $3,193,806.58 per winner.Reportedly in the four days leading up to the draw Canadians spent an amazing $90 million on 6/49 tickets. Since there are only 14 millions possible combinations in a 6/49 game, I surprised there weren't more winning tickets.

Comment #15

Todd — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 00:50:15 GMT

No, a toonie = $2 coin. I researched it before posting the article.

Comment #14

CASH Only — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 20:30:02 GMT

jag:I heard that too about the $2 coin. I have a couple of them but never tried to slam them.

Comment #13

JAG331 — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 20:24:45 GMT

I first visited Canada (Saskatchewan) as a teenager in 1996, the year the toonie was introduced. Those early model $2 coins broke apart if you threw them hard enough on the ground. I think they've since remedied the problem

Comment #12

CASH Only — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 20:15:25 GMT

The first part of toonie sounds like two . The C$2 coin is a slug inside a donut-shaped coin.

Comment #11

NearNewBrit — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 18:30:02 GMT

I guess I'm not quite right, eh? But I'll need to be filled in a bit more. If I remember correctly, this $2 piece is the one that looks like a round slug inserted into another larger (round?) coin. And, if loonie is for loon, what does toonie stand for? I remember hearing of a bird called a tern/turn but toonie has me baffled......or hosed

Comment #10

Jake649 — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 17:43:14 GMT

Brad,Only 27 million tickets were sold for the $30 million draw on Oct 22.

Comment #9

JAG331 — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 16:49:19 GMT

Congrats to the winner. Must be quite a buzz around Calgary.

Comment #8

monty — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 16:00:47 GMT

We now have a winner ending up at 54 million dollars, sales were so brisk that at 9 pm, they announced that the jackpot would be 54 million. It has been won in Alberta, Westen Canada, we know it is one ticket, what we dont know if it is one person, family or a pool of people. I can tell yu this, it was not myself as I am working away today at my work, Did I try off course, but thats the fun playing the lottery.By the way ladies/gentleman, that is 54 million tax free Ineke BillOntario Canada

Comment #7

rtmschmidt — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 05:41:38 GMT

reply to: Quote: Originally posted by NearNewBrit on October 26, 2005 >>> Still, most say a toonie (a Canadian coin worth $2) is a small price to pay for a chance at the big money. <<<</p> I think the $2 coin is called a loonie, for the loon bird depicted on it.My $1 coin as a swimming/floating bird on it, too. I wonder what type of bird it is. --------------------------------------------------------A $1 coin is a loonie and a $2 coin is a toonie

Comment #6

Chewie — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 01:22:29 GMT

I guess I'll find out if it rolled when I am having morning coffee. Best of luck to the Northerners.

Comment #5

Bradly_60 — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 23:18:49 GMT

But the odds of winning decrease when more people buy more tickets for the big jackpots. Why is that? Does that even make sense? Saturday's $30 million jackpot brought in $55 million worth of tickets , The Ontario Lottery Corporation says the chances of winning are one in 14 million. Now that is something. There were four times the amount of tickets bought than the odds. They should of covered every number at least 3 times and they pick one set of numbers that none of the 55 million tickets... [ More ]

Comment #4

JimmySand9 — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 22:39:29 GMT

The $1 coin is called the Loonie. The $2 coin is called a Toonie.

Comment #3

NearNewBrit — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 22:02:23 GMT

>>> Still, most say a toonie (a Canadian coin worth $2) is a small price to pay for a chance at the big money. <<< I think the $2 coin is called a loonie, for the loon bird depicted on it.My $1 coin as a swimming/floating bird on it, too. I wonder what type of bird it is.

Comment #2

bellyache — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 16:21:40 GMT

It looks like this jackpot is turning into the U.S. version of the recent Powerball jackpot.

Comment #1

CASH Only — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 15:23:03 GMT

Other than the proposed MUSL international game, I wonder if Canada has been looking to partner with other countries for a jackpot game

Lottery fever erupts across Canada

Lottery Post — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 14:54:00 GMT

Tonight's record $40 million jackpot (US$34 million) for Canada's national Lotto 6/49 game has people lining up at ticket vendors across the country.Noemi Nepomuceno, who was out buying tickets in Toronto on Tuesday, says she knows exactly what she'll do with the jackpot. Oh boy, I tell you, first to pay off the debts, pay off the mortgage, and then that's it, Nepomuceno said. Enjoy it, give it to charities, then enjoy my life. I've been waiting for a long time. Elizabeth Wilson won $7.4 milli... [ More ]