Ontario has a few new millionaires

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ONTARIO LOTTERY AND GAMING CORP.

************************ Live your dreams to the max: Winning ticket for $50 million jackpot sold in Ontario

Plus three Maxmillions winning tickets in Ontario

TORONTO - Congratulations Ontario for another Lotto Max win!

The winning ticket for the $50 million jackpot from last night's (November 18, 2011) Lotto Max draw was purchased in Oshawa.

In addition to the winning jackpot ticket, there were several winning Maxmillions tickets sold in Ontario from the 17 drawn last night.

The winning Maxmillions tickets were purchased in:

- $1,000,000 ticket - Ottawa

- $1,000,000 ticket -  Windsor

- $500,000 ticket - Georgetown (shared with Western Canada)

Also, a ticket sold in Trenton is sharing part of the second prize pool with two other tickets sold in Quebec.

These tickets are each worth $579,817.

Text Lotto to 25852 to get winning numbers and jackpot alerts for Lotto Max sent right to your phone.

Players can also check winning numbers on OLG.ca, by visiting a lottery retailer or by calling OLG's Win Line at 416-870-8946 (Toronto area) or toll free at 1-866-891-8946 (outside the Toronto area).

Since its launch in September 2009, Ontario Lotto Max players have won more than $948.5 million in prizes including 16 jackpots and 113 winning Maxmillions tickets.

For each $5 play, Lotto Max players receive three sets of seven numbers ranging from one to forty-nine.

Encore is also available on Lotto Max for $1.

Next week's Lotto Max jackpot will be an estimated $21 million.

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 $34 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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