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Canadian man claims record $64 million Lotto 6/49 jackpot right before it expires
Region's biggest lottery prize almost fades away
By Kate Northrop
A record-breaking $64 million (US$47.26 million) Lotto 6/49 jackpot was claimed by one Canadian man just mere weeks before the winning ticket expired.
Atlantic Canada's largest lottery prize almost went unclaimed, but the lucky winner stepped forward with the ticket with just 19 days left on the clock.
Merel Chiasson of Bas-Caraquet, New Brunswick, had a winning lottery ticket worth $64 million in his bedroom dress
Mar 30, 2024, 11:50 am - Lottery News
Three Calgary friends claim $50M lottery prize after 17 years playing together
'I'm happy that the three of us get to share this... I don't know what I would have done with $50 million alone'
Three friends who have playing the lottery together for 17 years are now multi-millionaires, thanks to a Canada Lotto 6/49 jackpot win.
After a weekend away, Carmen Austria woke up early on Dec. 11, made coffee and checked her lottery tickets a regular part of her morning routine, having played the lottery jointly with friends and former co-workers Gary Perkins and Catherine W
Feb 26, 2024, 8:20 am - Lottery News
Canadian lottery player uses Excel spreadsheet to win the lottery
Winner credits studying years' worth of data for $118,000 Lotto 6/49 win
By Kate Northrop
A Canadian lottery winner says he won the lottery after looking at data of past drawings he compiled on an Excel spreadsheet.
What others might attribute to sheer luck, a lottery winner from Ontario says its thanks to his attention to detail and spreadsheet skills that earned him a $118,000 (US$ 87,666) Lotto 6/49 prize.
Rendall Pennie of Kirkfield is $118,000 richer after dedicating time to
Feb 16, 2023, 6:15 pm - Lottery News
18-year-old university student wins $48 million Lotto 6/49 jackpot
First-ever lottery ticket leads teen to becoming youngest Canadian to win one of the game's largest prizes
By Kate Northrop
An 18-year-old university student won a $48 million (US$35.7 million) Lotto 6/49 jackpot on her first lottery ticket purchase ever.
Juliette Lamour, 18, recently became the youngest person to win one of the largest Lotto 6/49 prizes ever, and it was only her very first lottery ticket purchase.
Rumors were swirling in Sault Ste. Marie after the Ontario Lotter
Feb 8, 2023, 8:12 am - Lottery News
Employee strike at Québec Lottery halts introduction of new Lotto 6/49 in the province
Multi-province Lotto 6/49 game will be unplayable in Qu bec until strike is settled
By Kate Northrop
Lottery players in Qu bec will be unable to participate in Canada's national Lotto 6/49 game due to an employee strike at the Qu bec Lottery (Loto-Qu bec).
Over 400 professionals at the Qu bec Lottery went on strike following failed negotiations around pay raises and rising inflation, causing a delay in ticket validation and the scheduled rollout of the new nationwide Lotto 6/49 game
Sep 13, 2022, 12:02 pm - Lottery News
Best friends of 30 years split $15.7 million Lotto 6/49 lottery jackpot
Pals played together for the past three years
By Kate Northrop
A pair of longtime friends split a $15.7 million (US$12 million) Lotto 6/49 jackpot after playing the lottery together for the past three years.
Doug Ellsworth and Lawrence Russell thought that combining their efforts in the lottery would give them an advantage. Turns out, they had the right idea.
Having shared a close friendship for three decades, the two will get to share a huge amount of money as well.
Ellswort
Sep 10, 2022, 1:48 pm - Lottery News
Changes coming to Canada's Lotto 6/49 game this fall
Draw game's 40th anniversary to be marked by big adjustments
By Kate Northrop
The popular Canadian Lotto 6/49 draw game is going to be seeing some core changes later this year.
Last week, the Canadian Lotteries announced some adjustments to the multi-province game Lotto 6/49 that are going to impact the prizes players can win.
With Lotto 6/49 celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, the organizers of the game decided to turn the main draw into what's called the Classic Draw,
Mar 16, 2022, 6:33 pm - Lottery News
Unclaimed Lotto 6/49 ticket worth $1 million expires next month
BCLC urges Vancouver Island residents to check their tickets
By Kate Northrop
The expiration date for an unclaimed Guaranteed Prize Lotto 6/49 ticket worth $1 million is fast approaching, giving the prospective winner just a little over one month to claim the big prize.
The British Columbia Lottery encouraged residents from the northern Vancouver Island region to check their numbers for the drawing on March 18, 2020. The region includes, but is not limited to, municipalities like Alert
Feb 3, 2021, 11:37 am - Lottery News
Canadian siblings split $1 million Lotto 6/49 prize
I thought somebody was playing a joke!
By Kate Northrop
A brother and sister from Alberta, Canada, were both skeptical when they scanned their lottery ticket and found that it was the winner of a $1 million (US$766,270) Lotto 6/49 prize for the Guaranteed Prize Draw on Nov. 4.
Guaranteed Prize Draw is a $1 million bonus raffle drawing that all Lotto 6/49 tickets are automatically entered into each drawing.
David and Betty Holst could not believe their luck, so much so that they eac
Nov 18, 2020, 3:12 pm - Lottery News
Trick-or-Treat! Canadian co-workers score $6 million Lotto 6/49 jackpot on Halloween
The holiday has never been sweeter for these lucky winners
By Kate Northrop
A group of co-workers didn't have to go trick-or-treating this Halloween to get the sweetest reward of them all a Lotto 6/49 jackpot worth $6 million (US$4.6 million).
Monday, the British Columbia Lottery sat down with Heewon (Theresa) Choi of Coquitlam to discuss what it was like to discover that she and her group held the lone winning lottery ticket for the Lotto 6/49 draw on Sat., Oct. 31.
Choi, the design
Nov 10, 2020, 1:43 pm - Lottery News