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Quebec Ticket Claims Saturday Night's $25 Million Lotto 649 Jackpot

The Canadian Press, 23 Jan, 2017 12:00 PM
    TORONTO — Quebec has another big lottery winner.
     
    The $25 million jackpot in Saturday night's Lotto 649 draw was claimed by ticket purchased somewhere in the province.
     
    And the draw's guaranteed $1 million prize also went to a ticket holder in Quebec.
     
    Quebecers appear to be on a lottery hot streak.
     
    The winning ticket for the mega $60 million jackpot in the Jan. 6 Lotto Max draw was purchased at a gas station about an hour's drive east of Montreal.
     
    The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Jan. 25 will be $5 million.

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