Unusually large jackpot up for grabs with Ontario lottery game

An unusually large jackpot is up for grabs this week with Lottario.

The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) told INsauga.com that Lottario was last won more than a month ago.

On Dec. 21, a ticket sold in York Region won the $1,430,311.00 jackpot. That prize still hasn’t been claimed.

The Lottario jackpot starts at $250,000 and grows until it’s won.

With it now more than five weeks since the top prize was won, the jackpot has grown to an estimated $1,950,000 for the draw this Saturday (Feb. 1).

The last time the Lottario jackpot was around the $2 million mark was in 2024 and it was won on April 13, at $2.04 million.

Last year, the Lottario jackpot was more than $1 million seven times and in 2023, it was over $1 million five times.

The largest Lottario jackpot ever was on May 6, 2017 at $3,430,000.

The game is played once weekly and costs $1 per play.