Media Advisory - Ontario shares in big $43.2 million LOTTO 6/49 jackpot

Three of four tickets that will share equally in the second-largest lottery jackpot in Canadian history were sold in Ontario. Last night's big LOTTO 6/49 jackpot was $43,222,344. Each jackpot-winning share is worth $10,805,586.

Two of Ontario's winning tickets were sold in the Greater Toronto area, and a third was sold in Southwestern Ontario. Ontario also has 7 of 13 second-prize winning tickets, with each worth $302,389.

Canada's second-largest lottery jackpot had been growing since the jackpot was last won on July 22, 2006. The largest-ever Canadian lottery prize was a LOTTO 6/49 jackpot of $54.29 million from October 26, 2005.

The six regular winning numbers for the Saturday, August 12, 2006 LOTTO 6/49 draw are: 3 - 10 - 21 - 23 - 33 - 44 (Bonus number 43).

Ontario ticket sales for the draw totaled $28,336,502 million, contributing to total national ticket sales of $70,428,846 million.

LOTTO 6/49 is a national lottery game operated and managed in the province by Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG), a provincial agency responsible for province-wide lottery games, commercial and charitable casinos, and the operation and management of slot machine facilities at horse racing tracks. It is a provincial offence, punishable by fines, to sell OLG lottery tickets to anyone under 18 years of age.

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