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Lotto 6/49 logo. Lotto 6/49 is one of three national lottery games in Canada. Launched on June 12, 1982, Lotto 6/49 was the first nationwide Canadian lottery game to allow players to choose their own numbers. Previous national games, such as the Olympic Lottery, Loto Canada and Superloto used pre-printed numbers on tickets.
Two winning tickets, one sold in Ontario and one sold in Western Canada, are out there to claim the Oct. 6 $11,580,839 million Lotto 6/49 jackpot.
Lotto 6/49, Lotto Max and Daily Grand are operated across Canada by the Interprovincial Lottery Corporation. [9] The corporation also offers instant scratch games under the brand Instant Games, and sports games under the brands Pro-Line, Point-Spread and Pro-Picks.
A six-number lottery game is a form of lottery in which six numbers are drawn from a larger pool (for example, 6 out of 44). Winning the top prize, usually a progressive jackpot, requires a player to match all six regular numbers drawn; the order in which they are drawn is irrelevant.
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At the time, it was the second-largest lottery jackpot in Canadian history, behind a $63.4 million Lotto 6/49 drawing in 2013. [12] [13] The first ever Lotto Max drawing for $60 million occurred on September 25, 2015, with a single winning ticket sold in Brampton. [14] [15]
It is owned jointly by the five provincial lottery commissions. ILC's headquarters are located in Toronto, Ontario. The ILC was established by the provincial lottery organizations in 1976 to operate joint lottery games across Canada. Today it administers three regular games, Lotto 6/49, Lotto Max and Daily Grand.
Depending on the game, a minimum of either two or three numbers(not counting a "bonus ball") must be matched for a winning ticket(A 2/5 match usually results in a free play for that game, or a "break-even" win; for the latter, the player wins back their stake on that particular five-number wager.).