Changes coming to Canada's Lotto 6/49 game this fall

Comment #13

winoneday — Wed, 20 Apr 2022 13:46:40 GMT

Yes, that is correct. The jackpot for the Classic draw is fixed at $5 million.

Comment #12

LottoBux — Wed, 20 Apr 2022 12:48:15 GMT

All The Best To Ya Ridge

Comment #11

rdgrnr — Wed, 20 Apr 2022 12:32:08 GMT

I believe that's good advice, LB.

I got squirrels up the ying yang in the holler and they taste good after eating all my dadgum walnuts. I never had chipmunk though and the buzzards get the roadkill pretty quick around here but I don't like possum too much anyway.

Comment #10

LottoBux — Wed, 20 Apr 2022 12:04:06 GMT

Maybe you should stick to squirrels and chipmunks in yore neck O The woods.

I mean roadkill or nil.

Comment #9

LottoBux — Wed, 20 Apr 2022 11:58:33 GMT

Do You Mean The Regular 6/49 JP?

This Is From The OLG Site

(1) There will be thirty prize balls available to be drawn for thefirst Gold Ball Jackpot Draw. Twenty-nine of the prize balls will be for

a prize of $1,000,000 each and one Gold Ball will be for a jackpot prize (the Gold Ball Jackpot ). The starting amount of the

Gold Ball Jackpot will be set by ILC at its discretion and revealed before the draw date. One prize ball will be drawn for each

Gold Ball Jackpot Draw, including fo... [ More ]

Comment #8

rdgrnr — Tue, 19 Apr 2022 01:49:39 GMT

I was going to purchase some lottery tickets when I was in Canada recently but just before I did they froze my bank account for blowing my horn in Ottawa. Luckily I had already purchased my permit for clubbing baby seals to death so my trip to the Great White North wasn't a total waste of time. A word of advice though, dress warm if you ever go up there to club baby seals to death cuz it gets very cold up there! Good luck

Comment #7

winoneday — Mon, 18 Apr 2022 14:28:04 GMT

Nothing changes?

A lot changes. For example, the jackpot does not grow. It stays fixed at $5 million.

Comment #6

LottoBux — Mon, 18 Apr 2022 13:48:48 GMT

Why Not?

It Won't Cost You Anymore.

Nothing Changes Except The Guaranteed Draw Amount.

That Number Is Given To You Regardless Of Your 6/49 Play.

Comment #5

GreyGreen — Sun, 27 Mar 2022 16:57:11 GMT

I may not be in on this game anymore.....

Comment #4

winoneday — Sat, 19 Mar 2022 00:20:37 GMT

In looking at the game rules more closely, it was determined there is a possibility of a draw where a large jackpot, somewhere around C$70 million, is guaranteed to be won. Not a roll down jackpot either, the entire jackpot is guaranteed to be awarded to a single winning ticket.

That will be an interesting draw. For that to happen, the Golden Ball jackpot has to roll 29 times in a row.

Comment #3

Clarkejoseph49 — Thu, 17 Mar 2022 20:41:01 GMT

So it will be like the Red ball promotion that some states in America do for the Pick 3 drawing.

Meaning if a white ball is drawn, that white ball is taken out and stays out of the drum until the Gold ball is drawn.

Comment #2

winoneday — Thu, 17 Mar 2022 16:48:15 GMT

30 balls in the drum with one designated as the golden ball. If the golden ball is drawn, then the guaranteed prize of $1 million is increased to a minimum of $10 million. The $10 million amount is increased each draw by a minimum of $2 million until won.

Overall, they have made the game much more confusing. Sales will continue to decline.

Comment #1

Clarkejoseph49 — Thu, 17 Mar 2022 09:42:33 GMT

How will this Golden ball jackpot feature work

Changes coming to Canada's Lotto 6/49 game this fall

Lottery Post — Wed, 16 Mar 2022 22:33:06 GMT

Draw game's 40th anniversary to be marked by big adjustments

By Kate Northrop

The popular Canadian Lotto 6/49 draw game is going to be seeing some core changes later this year.

Last week, the Canadian Lotteries announced some adjustments to the multi-province game Lotto 6/49 that are going to impact the prizes players can win.

With Lotto 6/49 celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, the organizers of the game decided to turn the main draw into what's called the Classic Draw,... [ More ]