A lottery player in Canada will be waking up to some life-changing news after winning a multimillion-dollar prize.
Lottery players who purchased a ticket for the Lotto 6/49 draw on Wednesday, Jan. 28, may want to check their tickets. The Classic Draw winning numbers were 08, 15, 44, 45, 48, and 49, with bonus 07, and according to PlayNow, someone from B.C. is now $5 million richer after they matched all six winning numbers. The ticket was sold online.
Another B.C. player got lucky during Wednesday’s draw after they matched five of the six winning numbers and the bonus number to score the Classic Draw second prize worth $213,151.30. The ticket was purchased in Surrey. A total of 74 Canadians will end up splitting the third prize, each receiving $1,209.50.
The $5-million jackpot winner wasn’t the only big winner.
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At the time, the Gold Ball prize was worth $20 million, but no one won the jackpot. One person did match the White Ball winning number 57834735-03 to score the $1-million prize. That lucky ticket was sold in Ontario.
No one in B.C. won the Classic Draw Extra worth $500,000, and similarly, no one in Ontario won the $1-million Encore prize.
The last time someone won the jackpot was on Jan. 7, when a lottery player matched the Gold Ball numbers 37383130-06. According to WCLC, the life-changing ticket was sold in Saskatchewan, and the lucky winner will be taking home a massive prize worth $18 million.
The Gold Ball jackpot has now grown to $22 million, and the next draw is on Saturday, Jan. 31.
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