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Lotto 6/49

This Wednesday
December 11, 2024
Lotto 6/49
THE CLASSIC 5 MILLION
THE GOLD BALL
44 million*
*or 1 million

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Results for previous draws
Results for previous draws

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Draw Results
2024-12-10
2024-12-07
December 7, 2024
2024-12-11
The Classic Draw

09-22-33-41-42-45 Bonus (B): (12)
 
The Gold Ball Draw
Non decomposable complete number

WHITE BALL
$1,000,000
43472472-01

Detailed results for the Classic draw

Category Winners Prizes
6/6 1 $5,000,000.00
5/6+B 2 $129,666.70
5/6 92 $1,183.70
4/6 4,220 $103.90
3/6 82,239 $10.00
2/6+B 62,817 $5.00
2/6 567,643 Free Play
TOTAL 717,014  
Total Sales: $15,059,814
Next draw:
December 11, 2024
The Classic : $5,000,000
The Gold Ball : $44,000,000*
Odds of the Gold Ball being drawn are 1 in 13 
*or $1 million (white ball)

Origin of winning tickets

6/6 5/6+B Gold Ball Draw
Québec 1 0 0
The Prairies 0 1 0
British Columbia 0 0 0
Atlantic Provinces 0 0 0
Ontario 0 1 1
4884254
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Detailed results for the Extra draw

Category Winners Prizes
Complete number (7 digits) 0 $1,000,000 *
6 last digits 0 $25,000
5 last digits 6 $500
4 last digits 47 $50
3 last digits 555 $20
2 last digits 5,539 $5
The last digit 56,400 $2
6 first digits 0 $10,000
5 first digits 3 $500
4 first digits 60 $50
3 first digits 580 $20
2 first digits 5,560 $5
TOTAL 68,750  
*The one million dollar grand prize is divisible.
11-20-21-34-41-46  Bonus (B): (33)
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Detailed results for the regular draw

Category Winners Prizes
6/6 0 $2,000,000.00 *
5/6+B 0 $75,000.00 **
5/6 8 $750.00
4/6 442 $75.00
3/6 8,433 $10.00
2/6+B 6,084 $5.00
TOTAL 14,967  
*The grand prize is divisible. **The total amount payable for prizes in the 5/6 + bonus number category is limited to $450,000 per draw. If this limit is reached, the prize amounts will be determined in proportion to the number of winning selections in this category.
Total Sales: $551,903
2024-12-04
2024-12-07

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Lotto 6/49

#YouShouldPlayThe649

To be won: the Classic at 5 million and the Gold Ball from 10 to 60 million.

Three’s a happy crowd

Three friends, one dream... And one million dollars!

They’re complete strangers...

But each of them walked away with a share of $5M.

Lotto 6/49 winner

No, it wasn’t a dream!

 

They became millionaires overnight.

Lotto 6/49 winner

Lotto 6/49 - Summary

  • COST: $3 for one play (composed of one Classic Selection and one Gold Ball Draw Number)
  • CLASSIC JACKPOT: $5,000,000
  • GOLD BALL JACKPOT: $10,000,000, increasing with each draw if it isn’t won
  • DRAW FREQUENCY: Bi-weekly, every Wednesday and Saturday
  • DEADLINE FOR WAGERS: Wednesdays and Saturdays at 10:30 p.m.
  • ODDS OF WINNING A PRIZE: 1 in 6.6 with 1 play
  • ODDS OF WINNING THE JACKPOT: 1 in 13,983,816
  • ODDS OF WINNING THE GOLD BALL JACKPOT (OR $1,000,000): Varies according to the total number of Gold Ball Draw Numbers issued for that draw
  • THEORETICAL PAYOFF RATE: 48%
  • FIRST DRAW: June 12, 1982
  • CANADA-WIDE LOTTERY

Discover the Lotto 6/49

How Lotto 6/49 works

With Lotto 6/49's Classic Draw and the Gold Ball Draw, two jackpots are up for grabs on the same ticket. You can pick your own numbers for the Classic Selection, but the Gold Ball Draw Number is solely computer-generated.

Classic Draw

The Classic Selection is comprised of six numbers, and the Classic Jackpot is $5 million. To win the Classic Jackpot, the six numbers in the Classic Selection on your ticket must be identical to the six numbers drawn in the Classic Draw.

Gold Ball Draw

For each Classic Selection, you’ll be given a Gold Ball Draw Number. With that number, you’ll have a chance to win the Gold Ball Jackpot or $1 million. The prize is guaranteed: There’s a winner for every draw!

The Gold Ball Jackpot starts at $10 million and can grow to just over $60 million.

To determine the prize won, a ball is drawn from a draw machine, which starts off containing 30 balls: 29 white balls and one Gold Ball. White balls are worth $1 million and the Gold Ball is worth $10 million.

If a white ball is drawn, the player wins $1 million. If the Gold Ball is drawn, the player wins the Gold Ball Jackpot.

Each time a white ball is drawn, it’s removed from the draw machine. That means there’s one fewer white ball in the next draw and the Gold Ball Jackpot grows by $2 million. The bigger the Gold Ball Jackpot, the greater the chances of it being won!

When the Gold Ball Jackpot is won, all the balls are put back in the draw machine and the Gold Ball Jackpot returns to $10 million.

NOTE: The above depiction of a draw machine is provided for explanatory purposes only and does not represent how official draws are conducted.

How to play

  • You may play online, using the mobile app or at a Loto-Québec retailer where you can pick your own numbers or opt for selections randomly generated by Loto-Québec’s computer. Gold Ball Draw Numbers are always computer-generated.
  • Each play is composed of one Classic Selection made up of six numbers between 1 and 49, and one Gold Ball Draw Number made up of 10 computer-generated numbers.
  • Lotto 6/49 is governed by the Rules and Regulations respecting Lotteries and Lottery Tickets of the Interprovincial Lottery Corporation (ILC), which include limitations of liability.
  • Choose Double Jeu 49 to play Lotto 6/49 and Québec 49 simultaneously.
  • Choose Super forfait to play Lotto 6/49, Québec 49, Lotto Max, Québec Max and Grande Vie simultaneously.
  • Choose Forfait lottos to play Lotto 6/49, Québec 49, Lotto Max and Québec Max simultaneously.
  • You may play as a group online with Formule groupe en ligne or at a retailer with Formule groupe and Formule super groupe.
  • You may play combination.
  • Extra is available with this game.
  • You may purchase one or more plays valid for more than one draw.
  • The Replay option is also available with this game.

Game conditions [PDF - 182 KB]

Prize structure and odds of winning

Lotto 6/49 is a variable-prize game. In the Classic Draw, prizes are calculated according to sales and divided equally among the winners in each category. 

Category Prize Pools Fund %** Odds of winning
The Classic Draw
6/6 $5,000,000 Fixed prize*** 1 / 13 983 816
5/6+B$104,177*32.15%1 / 2 330 636
5/6$1,042*13.5%1 / 55 492
4/6$78*54.35%1 / 1 033
3/6$10Fixed prize1 / 56.7
2/6+B$5Fixed prize1 / 81.2
2/6Free playFixed prize1 / 8.3
The Gold Ball Draw
Complete number
(10 digits)
Gold Ball Jackpot or $1,000,000*** Varies according to the total number of the "Gold Ball Draw Numbers" issued for that draw.
Total 1 / 6.6

*Average prize

**The Pools Fund is the Prize fund (18.33% of sales) minus the sum of all prizes payable to the winners in the 2/6, 2/6+B and the 3/6 categories.

*** The $1,000,000 prize, the Gold Ball Jackpot and the Classic Jackpot come from the Draw Fund (29.67% of sales). This fund also allows us to occasionally offer additional prizes during a draw.

The bonus number is indicated with the "+B" symbol.

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