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Record-breaking lotto 6/49 ticket sold in B.C.

Record-breaking lotto 6/49 ticket sold in B.C. | iNFOnews.ca
The biggest lottery jackpot in Canadian history is up for grabs Saturday night, Oct. 17, 2015. The grand prize in the Lotto 6-49 draw will be an estimated $64-million, and Canadians across the country have been lining up for their tickets. Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Richard Plume

VANCOUVER – Someone in British Columbia is $21 million richer after purchasing a winning lotto 6/49 ticket online.

The ticket was bought on PlayNow.com for the Aug. 13 lotto 6/49 draw.

This ticket squashes the previous Canadian lottery prize record of $7.6 million on a lotto 6/49 ticket won in Nanaimo.

Once the winner comes forward, the city where the ticket was purchased will be released.

The odds of winning a lotto 6/49 jackpot is one in 13,983,816.

If the winner is from the Thompson-Okanagan, they will be in good company. There has been a large number of local lotto winners already in 2016.

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Kim Anderson

Originally from a northern B.C. town that boasts a giant fly fishing rod and a population of 3,100, Kim moved to Kamloops in 2011 to attend Thompson Rivers University. Kim is as comfortable behind a camera as she is writing on her laptop. After graduating with a degree in journalism, Kim has been busy with an independent freelance writing project and photography work. Contact Kim at kanderson@infonews.ca with news tips or story ideas.

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