Lotto 6/49 prizes worth $5M, $1M won in B.C. Wednesday
Two major lottery prizes were won in B.C. on Wednesday night, on tickets bought online and in person.
The lucky Lotto 6/49 ticket that scored the $5-million jackpot in the July 9 draw was purchased on PlayNow.com, the gaming website operated by the B.C. Lottery Corporation.
A physical ticket purchased in the Vancouver Island community of Sooke also won the guaranteed $1-million Gold Ball Draw prize.
That person will have to sign their ticket and take other steps to claim their prize, which are laid out on the BCLC website.
'Lottery winners have 52 weeks from the draw date printed on their ticket to come forward,' a BCLC spokesperson said, in an email. 'All tickets are valid for one year after the date of the draw.'
No other details are available yet about either of the winners.
The odds of winning the main Lotto 6/49 jackpot – which requires matching all six numbers drawn without using the bonus number – are approximately one in 14 million, according to the BCLC.
The odds of winning a guaranteed prize of $1 million or more in the Gold Ball Draw depend on the number of tickets sold.
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