Prairie ticket takes Saturday night’s $7 million Lotto 649 jackpot

Lotto 649 tickets are shown in Toronto in on December 2, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Richard Plume

By The Canadian Press

Posted January 19, 2020 3:57 am.

TORONTO — A single ticket purchased in the Prairies won Saturday night’s $7 million Lotto 649 jackpot.

And the draw’s guaranteed $1 million prize went to a ticket holder in Quebec.

The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Jan. 22 will be approximately $5 million.

The Canadian Press

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