Lotto Max jackpot ticket worth $70M sold in Ontario

The OLG says there is a lucky winner with a Lotto Max jackpot ticket worth $70 million that sold in northern Ontario.

“If you live or were visiting the Timiskaming-Cochrane area and bought a Lotto Max ticket for the Aug. 20, 2024, draw, then you could be holding the life-changing $70 million winning ticket,” the OLG wrote in a news release on Wednesday.

According to OLG’s website, the winning numbers for Tuesday’s draw were: 02, 11, 12, 21, 24, 38, 39 + 33 Bonus.

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Provincial lottery officials said that since April, there have been four Lotto Max jackpot wins in Ontario, marking Tuesday’s win the fifth straight jackpot won in the province.

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Winning $70-million Lotto Max ticket sold to Ottawa resident

Meanwhile, there were 14 other lucky winners for the maxmillions prizing, including seven in Ontario.

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One million dollar tickets were won in Peterborough, Ottawa, Mississauga and Toronto as well as two tickets on OLG.ca. Another maxmillions ticket worth $333,333.40 was sold in Toronto and shared with two other tickets sold in Western Canada.

Three Encore tickets valued at $1 million each were sold in Unionville, Kingston and Ottawa.

The next Lotto Max draw will be on Friday, Aug. 23, with a $40 million jackpot, the OLG said.

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