Canada 6/49 and LottoMax

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Minka$ — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 20:10:37 GMT

Hi Gwoof; Thanks for mentioning this as it made me re-check. I'm not sure how I could be so mistaken but I called the OLG again today and here is what they told me.

6/49 and LottoMax are indeed ball drop games that are drawn at Yonge and Dundas streets in Toronto where all the other lottery games are drawn. You are right; the 6/49 $1 million guaranteed prize apparently is chosen using a random generator that selects a winner from those tickets which have been played.

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Gwoof — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 15:12:13 GMT

All 649 draws in Canada are done with ball drop machines. The guarantied Prizes are the only draws that are picked electronically. You can watch the videos of the draws on their web sites eg. ALC OLG.

Canada 6/49 and LottoMax

Minka$ — Sat, 10 Jan 2015 15:21:38 GMT

Happy New Years 2015 Jackpot Players!

For those who play online for Canada's 6/49 and LottoMax, here are some curious facts that may interest you (tho you likely know many of these already).

6/49 and LottoMax are actually drawn by an umbrella company of the OLG at a separate physical address than the main ball drop draws at Dundas and Yonge Streets (they're drawn at an office up at Eglinton and Yonge Streets). They are computerized drawings (boo - hiss). If you want to witness the draws, y... [ More ]