August 6 - Today Canadian lottery fans will be fighting tooth and nail
to get down to their local 6/49 lottery ticket vendors across
the country, as a five-time lottery rollover has resulted in the country's
largest-ever advertised lottery jackpot of a humungous $43 million - and
counting.
While the Canadian record for a lottery jackpot is still $54.3 million, set way
back in October 2005, the jackpot was only advertised then as $40 million. So
the chances are that by the time lottery ticket sales close ahead of this
evening's draw, the 6/49 lottery jackpot may end up exceeding even that.
Operated by the Atlantic Lottery Corporation, the 6/49 lottery has been running
for 26 years and during that time has paid out billions of dollars in winnings
to lucky lottery players all over the country. The amazing thing is that
tomorrow there may actually end up being only a single jackpot winner.
This means that one super-lucky Canadian lottery fan could end up with more
money than he or she could ever dream of spending. Just imagine for a minute how
many gallons of maple syrup 43 million bucks could buy you, or how many
thousands of pairs of baby seal slippers you could purchase!
Says Atlantic Lottery Corporation marketing director, Lara Wood, 'We are
obviously thrilled that tonight's midweek 6/49 lottery game has accrued such a
large jackpot. News of this windfall has generated a jackpot of excitement and
interest amongst Canada's millions of regular lottery fans.'
Atlantic Lottery Corporation's 6/49 lottery draw is the country's oldest lottery
game, and always pays out 47 percent of the total worth of all tickets sold for
each lottery jackpot. Should, unlike this writer, you be bothered to do the
math, you can work out how mammoth the total lottery sales are.
If you're a Canadian reading these very words, and getting set to grab your
wallet and car keys to head on down to your nearest lottery vendor, perhaps you
would be interested to know that you have roughly a 1 in 14 million shot of
winning tonight's lottery jackpot. Well, what are you waiting for - 'get ootta
here!'
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