2 Ontario tickets split $9 million Lotto 649 jackpot

May 23, 2021 - 12:58 AM

TORONTO - Two ticket holders in Ontario will share the nearly $9 million dollar jackpot in Saturday night's Lotto 649 draw.

Each winning ticket is worth just over $4.43 million.

Meanwhile, a lottery player from the Prairies won the draw's guaranteed $1 million prize.

The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on May 26 will be an estimated $5 million.

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