Canada will have a brand-new lottery millionaire on Wednesday night.
A media release says “The LOTTO 6/49 Gold Ball Jackpot has grown to an amazing $68 million, setting a record for the game. What makes this even more thrilling is the GUARANTEE that the enormous jackpot WILL be won this Wednesday, September 27.
The Gold Ball Jackpot has been on a journey since it was last won on June 14. It was reset to $10 million and has since rolled for 29 draws, steadily growing by $2 million with each roll. With only one ball – the Gold Ball – left in the draw, someone will win the jackpot and be THE Gold Ball winner. If a player in the Prairies or in the North wins Wednesday’s jackpot, they’ll handily become the region’s biggest LOTTO 6/49 winner in the 41-year history of the game.
The biggest LOTTO 6/49 prizes awarded to date are:
• Alberta: $54.3 million, Edmonton, October 2005
• Saskatchewan: $20 million, Carrot River, February 2010
• Manitoba: $27.5 million, Fraserwood, June 2021
• Yukon: $3.5 million, Marsh Lake, January 2015
• Northwest Territories and Nunavut: $11.3 million, Fort Smith, November 2007
A $68 million LOTTO 6/49 winner would also join the ranks of the biggest lottery winners ever in the region, regardless of the game. Only two winners have ever won more – a player in Regina won a $70 million LOTTO MAX jackpot in April 2022, and a Calgarian took home the same amount seven months later.
In addition to the record-breaking Gold Ball jackpot, players with tickets for the September 27 draw will vie for the $5 million jackpot and subsidiary prizes offered in the LOTTO 6/49 Classic Draw.”
