2 winning tickets for Saturday night’s $5M Lotto 649 jackpot

By News Staff

Posted December 21, 2014 7:51 am.

This article is more than 5 years old.

Christmas has come a few days early for the owners of the two winning tickets in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw.

The two will split the $5-million jackpot.

One of the tickets was sold in Vancouver, and the other was purchased somewhere in Ontario.

The jackpot for the next Lotto 6-49 draw on Christmas Eve will again be $5-million.

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