$5 million lottery ticket sold in Bowmanville, Ontario

A lottery ticket that won a $5 million jackpot was sold in Ontario.

The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) said that a ticket sold in Bowmanville in Durham Region won the Lotto 6/49 classic jackpot for Wednesday’s draw.

Meanwhile, a ticket sold in the Kawartha Lakes area won $1 million on the gold ball draw and a ticket sold in Etobicoke won $100,000 on Encore.

Lotto 6/49 has a classic jackpot with a fixed prize of $5 million and a gold ball draw that offers a guaranteed $1 million prize or a jackpot that starts at $10 million and could exceed $60 million.

Saturday’s Lotto 6/49 draw has the gold ball jackpot sitting at $50 million, with nine white and one gold ball remaining.

If a white ball is drawn, the guaranteed $1 million prize is handed out and the gold ball jackpot grows.

If the gold ball is drawn, the jackpot is handed out.

Lotto 6/49 is played on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

According to the OLG website, these were the winning numbers for the Dec. 18 Lotto 6/49 draw:

Classic Jackpot: 07 09 17 39 41 45 Bonus 47

Gold Ball Draw ($1 million prize): 47267149-08

Encore: 2770019