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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.
Richard Lustig was an American man who came to prominence for winning relatively large prizes in seven state-sponsored lottery games from 1993 to 2010. His prizes totaled over $1 million.
After a years of high inflation, many Americans may dream more about unlimited wealth. Record-high and near-record-high lottery jackpots occurred over the past couple of years — a $2.04 billion ...
CHF 64.6 million (US$72.8 million) was the largest winner in Switzerland's Swiss Lotto, won on 2 March 2024. [81] £35.1 million (US$49.6 million) was the largest winner on the UK Lotto game in April 2016. €38.4 million (US$49.7 million) was the largest jackpot in the Netherlands draw of the Staatsloterij (State Lottery) in May 2013.
Introduced on May 15, 2005, Lotto 47 replaced Winfall. Players pick 6 numbers from 1 to 47(hence the name). Lotto 47 drawings are held twice weekly with jackpots starting at $1 million. The odds of winning the jackpot are approximately 1 in 11 million. Players also win for matching 5($2,500), 4($100) or 3($5) numbers.
In a simple 6-from-49 lotto, a player chooses six numbers from 1 to 49 (no duplicates are allowed). If all six numbers on the player's ticket match those produced in the official drawing (regardless of the order in which the numbers are drawn), then the player is a jackpot winner.
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.
He was not a regular lottery player but bought $100 in tickets because the jackpot was so high. He played the lottery only when it reached $100 million. [3] The jackpot that Christmas Day (before taxes) was a $314.9 million annuity or $170.5 million cash. Whittaker chose the cash option of $113,386,407, after taxes. [5] [6] [7]