$21.48 MILLION LOTTO 6/49 JACKPOT WON

Winning Ticket Sold in Toronto

TORONTO, Oct. 31 /CNW/ - How about a $21.48 million treat this Halloween? Somewhere in Toronto is the sole winning ticket for Saturday's $21.48 million LOTTO 6/49 jackpot. That means someone or a group of winners will soon be on "Cloud 6/49" when they check their LOTTO 6/49 ticket.

"We are ecstatic the LOTTO 6/49 jackpot was won in Ontario," said Tony Bitonti, Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation's (OLG) Senior Manager of Media Relations. "LOTTO 6/49 has been making dreams come true for 28 years."

To see if you hold the $21.48 million LOTTO 6/49 ticket, you can check your numbers at any authorized OLG retailer, with OLG's self serve ticket checker at retail locations, on our website at www.OLG.ca or by calling our WIN LINE at 1-866-891-8946.

Since LOTTO 6/49 was launched in June 1982, Ontario players have won more than $9.2 billion in prizes, including 1,190 jackpot wins. As of October 30, 2010, there have been 2,789 LOTTO 6/49 draws. For more information, please visit www.olg.ca and click on Lotteries.

OLG is a provincial agency responsible for province-wide lottery games and gaming facilities. Since 1975, OLG lotteries, casinos, slots, and resort casinos have generated more than $32 billion for the benefit of the Province of Ontario. Gaming proceeds support Ontario's hospitals, amateur sport, recreational and cultural activities, communities, provincial priority programs such as health care and education, and local and provincial charities and non-profit organizations through the Ontario Trillium Foundation.

    
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