British Columbia

Winning $22M Lotto 6/49 ticket sold in Kelowna

The only winning ticket for the $22-million jackpot in Saturday night's Lotto 6/49 draw was purchased in Kelowna, B.C.
If you bought a Lotto 6/49 ticket in Kelowna recently, you may be in luck. (Western Canada Lottery Corporation)

The only winning ticket for the $21.9-million jackpot in Saturday night's Lotto 6/49 draw was purchased in Kelowna, British Columbia.

The $1-million guaranteed prize draw for Feb. 20 was also bought in B.C. The winning ticket was sold in Mission.

The winners have one year from the time of the draw to claim their prize.

The British Columbia Lottery Corporation said the exact location of the retail outlet where the ticket was sold will be announced along with the name of the winner. 

The 6/49 grand prize was last won Jan. 30, when a ticket worth $18.3 million was held by someone in Ontario.

The jackpot for the next Lotto 6/49 draw on Wednesday night will be $5 million.

There was no winning ticket for a $40-million jackpot in Friday night's Lotto Max draw.

The jackpot for next Friday's draw on Feb. 26 will be $50 million.

With files from Maryse Zeidler