A $6.1 million lottery ticket has been sold in Chatham.
Ontario Lottery and Gaming officials say the jackpot for the Wednesday, September 20, 2017 Lotto 6/49 draw, worth $12,293,435.20, was split two ways.
One winning jackpot ticket worth $6,146,717.60 was sold in Chatham.
The other jackpot winning ticket was sold in Quebec.
Plus, the guaranteed $1 million prize was won by a ticket sold in Toronto.
Since LOTTO 6/49 was launched in June 1982, there has been a total of 3,512 LOTTO 6/49 draws with Ontario players having won more than $11.9 billion in prizes, including 1,343 jackpot wins.
There have been 456 guaranteed $1 million prize draws to date.
A total of 203 of the winning tickets have been sold in Ontario. For more information, please visit olg.ca and click on Lotteries.
The next LOTTO 6/49 draw is on Saturday, September 23, 2017 for an estimated $5 million jackpot plus the guaranteed $1 million prize draw.
Players can purchase a ticket at authorized OLG retailers or buy online at PlayOLG.ca until 10:30 p.m. for the draw that evening.
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