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Check your ticket: Lotto 6/49 ticket worth $5 million sold in New Brunswick

By Stephen Wentzell

Published: May 21, 2023 at 10:35AM EDT

Lotto 649 tickets. (Richard Plume / THE CANADIAN PRESS)

A lottery ticket sold in New Brunswick is about to make one lucky winner a multi-millionaire.

In a Sunday news release, Atlantic Lottery confirmed a ticket sold in Rothesay for the May 20 draw of Lotto 6/49 won the classic draw jackpot valued at $5 million.

The corporation says more details will be released after a winner comes forward.

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