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$5 million Lotto 6/49 win will send Canada couple of 48 years on "delayed" honeymoonNews Story
Not a moment too soon to embark on lifetime trip By Kate Northrop A Canadian husband and wife of 48 years are deciding where they want to go for their delayed honeymoon after winning $5 million (US$3.6 million) in Lotto 6/49. 48 years after saying I do, one Alberta couple is finally going to embark on a dream honeymoon thanks to a $5 million Lotto 6/49 win. Wanda and Slav Rosa of Grande Cache decided to purchase a Lotto 6/49 ticket for the Jan. 17 drawing while visiting Petro Can
Mar 16, 2026, 7:55 am - Lottery News

Family members spanning three generations claim $2.5 million Lotto 6/49 prizeNews Story
Bye-bye, boss! One prize delivers retirement, travel, and a first-time home By Kate Northrop Eight family members spanning three generations won a $2.5 million (US$ 1.8 million) share of the Lotto 6/49 Classic Jackpot with numbers that have lasted them for a very long time. A group claimed one sort of multi-generational wealth when eight individuals from the same family showed up with a winning ticket for half the Lotto 6/49 jackpot. The Bas-Saint-Laurent lottery family is led b
Mar 5, 2026, 8:36 am - Lottery News

Would-be lottery winner sues ex who "ghosted" him after she claimed $5 million prize on his behalfNews Story
Winnipeg man blames Western Canada Lottery for allegedly misleading him Includes video report By Kate Northrop A Canadian man filed a lawsuit against his ex-girlfriend for disappearing after he allegedly gave her the go-ahead to claim a $5 million (US$3.6 million) lottery prize on his behalf. One Winnipeg man launched scathing accusations against his former girlfriend for running off with a $5 million prize from a ticket he allegedly purchased on his own. In court documents f
May 28, 2025, 12:59 pm - Lottery News

Canadian man's terrible day turns into $1 million Lotto 6/49 winNews Story
String of bad luck turns into joyous payday By Kate Northrop A Canadian man was having the worst day when one lottery ticket ended his string of bad luck, winning him a $1 million (US$724,795) prize. A lottery ticket instantly turned a Qu bec man's miserable day around after he discovered it had won a $1 million Lotto 6/49 prize. One day in August, Marcel Charette of Mont r gie realized he was out of milk. He got in his car and drove to the D panneur Ste-Rosalie convenience store
Oct 14, 2024, 2:34 pm - Lottery News

Canadian man will never work again after winning $66 million Lotto 6/49 jackpotNews Story
Winner splurges on new cars, eyes up new home, and tells boss to kick rocks Includes video report By Kate Northrop A Canadian man declared that he will never work again after scooping a $66 million (US$48.4 million) Lotto 6/49 Gold Ball jackpot, the largest Lotto 6/49 prize ever won in Western Canada. Upon claiming his record-breaking $66 million Lotto 6/49 Gold Ball jackpot, one Canadian lottery player has announced that he is retiring for good and looks forward to enjoying life
Jul 10, 2024, 8:07 am - Lottery News

Friends gift Alberta lottery winner reading glasses after he nearly misses $5M winNews Story
You can bet that Norman Stretch won't be losing his reading glasses again anytime soon especially after he nearly mistook his Canada Lotto 6/49 $5 million win for a $5,000 one. I thought I'd won $5,000 because I couldn't find my reading glasses, said Stretch. I called my friend to show him, and he said, 'Check again with your glasses on, dummy!' After putting on his glasses, Stretch realized he had actually won $5,000,0004 as part of the April 13 Lotto 6/49 draw. The central Alberta win
Jun 2, 2024, 7:42 am - Lottery News

Canadian man claims record $64 million Lotto 6/49 jackpot right before it expiresNews Story
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 togetherNews Story
'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 lotteryNews Story
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 jackpotNews Story
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