Winning Maxmillions ticket sold in Northern Ontario

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ONTARIO LOTTERY AND GAMING CORPORATION

************************* Live your dream to the max: Two winning tickets for part of $50 million jackpot sold in Ontario

Plus five Maxmillions tickets in Ontario

TORONTO, April 16 - Congratulations Ontario for another Lotto Max win!

There were three winning tickets for the $50 million jackpot from last night's Lotto Max draw, each worth $16,666,666.70.

Two of these tickets were purchased in Ontario - one in the city of Toronto and the other in the city of Sarnia.

In addition to the winning jackpot ticket, there were several winning Maxmillions tickets sold in Ontario from the 40 drawn last night.

The winning Maxmillions tickets were purchased in:

- $1,000,000 ticket, Toronto

- $1,000,000 ticket, North Bay region

- $1,000,000 ticket, Newmarket region

- $500,000 ticket, Oshawa

- $500,000 ticket, Woodbridge

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 here, 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 $666.1 million in prizes including eight jackpots and 109 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 $32 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 $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.

Know your limit, play within it!

The Ontario problem gambling helpline number is 1-888-230-3505.

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