No winning ticket was sold for the $7 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. There were however five guaranteed prizes of $1 million each, with two of them going to ticket holders in Ontario, and the others to lottery players in Quebec, Atlantic Canada and the Prairies. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Dec. 25 will be approximately $9 million. The Friday night Lotto Max draw did not yield any winners.
Calgary man neglects to check $50 million winner for 3 months
Joshua Caines of Calgary finally got around to checking his August 30 Lotto Max ticket in November and found he had a $50 million win sitting on a shelf. “I had heard that the $50 million was still unclaimed in Calgary,” he said in a statement. “And I knew I had some tickets I hadn’t had time to check yet.” One set of numbers looked like a winner, and after confirming the numbers again on his phone, Caines was an instant multimillionaire — Toronto Sun
