OLG’s Lotto 6/49 Offers $13 Million Jackpot on Saturday

The OLG’s (Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation) upcoming Lotto 6/49 draw, on Saturday 2nd August, is estimated to have a $13 million jackpot.

The midweek draw saw one lucky player win just over $255,500 but no one hit the jackpot worth almost $10 million. Eighty ticket holders claimed prizes of $2,661.50 while 4,294 players won $94.20. An impressive 623,714 players won a Free Play while a total of over $2 million was won in prize money.

Each play of the Lotto 6/49 costs $3 and includes one set of numbers for the main jackpot draw and a second set of numbers for the $1 million guaranteed prize draw. The $1 million guaranteed prize draw takes place with each main draw, every Wednesday and Saturday.

To enter just find a lottery retailer and pick your numbers, players need to pick six numbers from 1 to 49 and a ten digit number for the guaranteed prize draw. If you just wish to enter the main jackpot draw then each set of numbers costs $1.

There is also the option to pay $1 extra for an Encore ticket and another chance to win $1 million. There are 22 ways to win an Encore prize and the size of the prize will depend on the way in which your numbers match those drawn. The jackpot is won by matching all 7 numbers in the same order as they were drawn.