6/49 Lottery Canada

Lotto 6/49 is one of Canada's two national lottery games. Launched on June 12, 1982, was the first nationwide Canadian lottery game to allow players to choose their own numbers and as the name implies, six numbers are drawn from a set of 49.If a ticket matches all six numbers, the jackpot prize of at least $3,000,000 is won.

A bonus number is also drawn, and if a player's ticket matches five numbers and the bonus number, he or she wins the "second prize" which is usually between $100,000 and $500,000.

Winning numbers are drawn every Wednesday and Saturday. If the top prize is not won, the jackpot prize increases for the next draw.

The game's largest jackpot, and a Canadian lottery record, was drawn on October 26, 2005. The single winning ticket, worth $54.3 million, was purchased in Camrose, Alberta by a group of 17 oil and gas plant workers.

 * Prizes and chance of winning

Number of Matches                                 Win                                      Probability of Winning

            6/6                       Share of 80.5% of the Pool's Fund                 1 in 13,983,816       

     5/6 + Bonus                Share of 5.75% of the Pool's Fund                  1 in 2,330,636        

            5/6                       Share of 4.75% of the Pool's Fund                    1 in 55,492

            4/6                       Share of 9% of the Pool's Fund                          1 in 1,033

            3/6                                         $10 prize                                            1 in 56.7

     2/6 + Bonus                                  $5 prize                                              1 in 81.2

              -                                          Any prize                                             1 in 32,3