Four Winners Share Record Lotto Jackpot
23/02/2009 16:20:49
It was an estimated $38 million but bumper lottery sales at the last minute pushed up the jackpot to the second highest ever in the Canada Lotto 6/49 last night but it didn’t all go to one winner as four winners share the record lotto jackpot. Each of the four winners of Saturdays Lotto 6/49 will receive a massive $12.5 million, sharing the wealth of this great win.
As per our Lottery results news yesterday the winning numbers in this bumper, rollover Lotto 6/49 draw were 11 20 33 34 37 39 and bonus 22. No news has yet been released about whether any of the winners have come forward for this $50 million lottery draw.
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Originally it was thought that the Canada Lotto 6/49 jackpot would hit $38 million but by Saturday morning it became clear that the prize would be much bigger after a rush of last day sales. It grew even more however with a rush of sales between 4pm and 9pm and hit $50.3 million by the time of the draw.
Tensions were high and it was starting to look like a record Canada Lotto 6/49 jackpot, it did however fall short at the last minute and the record still belongs to the 2005 draw with a prize of $54.3 million won by a syndicate of oil workers in Camrose.
The lottery jackpot had got so high that even the second prize reached a staggering $4.5 million, twenty players hit that and will each walk away with $224,863 each.
Canada Lotto 6/49 draws are held twice weekly, every Wednesday and Saturday evening and you can try your luck on the midweek draw by clicking the banner above.
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