Updated August 18th, 2021 at 21:35 IST

Lotto 6/49 Canada Results For August 18, 2021; Check Winning Numbers

6/49 lotto draws happen every Wednesday and Saturday in Canada. Check Lotto 6/49 winning numbers and results for today, August 18, 2021, here.

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Lotto 6/49 is one of the most popular lotteries in Canada. This lottery is one of the three national lottery games. The lottery game takes place every Wednesday and Saturday. The last lottery took place on August 14, 2021. The draw closes at 10:30 pm EST. The winning numbers of Lotto 6/49 are drawn by the Interprovincial Lottery Corporation every Wednesday and Saturday, while it is executed with a Smartplay Halogen II ball machine.

Lotto 6/49 Canada lottery winning numbers & results for August 18, 2021

The Lotto 6/49 lottery winning numbers and results will be announced at around 10:30 pm EST. Check here for the final results in some time. Take a look at the previous lottery winning numbers below.

Lotto 6/49 Canada Previous Winners

The previous lottery took place on August 14, 2021. The winning numbers during the lottery were 3,8,11, 34,40,47. The bonus winning number was 4. The jackpot prize for this Lotto 6/49 was $6 million. The extra winning numbers were 54, 51,  62, 86.

How to play the Lotto 6/49 Canada lottery?

  • The Lotto 6/49 is an easy lottery game just like many other lotteries.

  • The first step in playing this lottery is selecting six numbers from 1 to 49.

  • This selection needs to be done on 10 boards.
  • Each board costs $3 CAD.
  • If you cannot decide your six numbers, you can simply choose Quick Pick and the lottery terminal will randomly choose numbers for you. The Quick Pick will draw you one set of numbers for the Main Draw and another set of numbers for the GUARANTEED PRIZE DRAW

A GUARANTEED PRIZE DRAW allows one ticket holder to win $1 million CAD during the draw.

Facts about Lotto 6/49

The lottery was launched in Canada on June 12, 1982, and is functioning for more than three decades now.

Before the increase in the prices of tickets in June 2004, Lotto 6/49's largest jackpot was $26.4 million, on September 2, 1995.

According to the game's rules, one player can play Lotto 6/49 for only 26 weeks in a row.
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Published August 18th, 2021 at 21:35 IST