A LOTTO 6/49 ticket sold in northern Ontario won half of Wednesday's $45,145,712 jackpot, the second-largest lottery jackpot ever offered in Canada. A total of two winning tickets were sold across Canada, with each share worth $22,572,856.
The winning numbers for the LOTTO 6/49 draw held August 6, 2008 are:
10 18 22 26 34 38 and Bonus: 39
OLG encourages anyone with the winning ticket to contact us by using the toll-free number printed on the back of the ticket (1-800-387-0098). In addition to the jackpot share, Ontario players won seven of a national total of 17 shares of the second prize; each share worth $220,055. Ontario ticket sales for Wednesday's big draw totalled $27.79 million.
The jackpot is the second-largest ever in Canadian lottery history. The largest jackpot ever was a LOTTO 6/49 jackpot of $54.3 million from October 2005 which was won with a single winning ticket that was sold in western Canada. Since LOTTO 6/49 was launched in June 1982, Ontario players have won more than $8.3 billion in LOTTO 6/49 prizes, including 1,129 jackpot wins.
Consumers are reminded that lottery retailers are not allowed to validate a ticket unless the customer has signed it. Signature boxes located on the front of all on-line lottery tickets, such as LOTTO 6/49, make it easier for customers to remember to sign their tickets at the time of purchase. Convenient signature boxes are now also being added to OLG INSTANT tickets.
