OLG pays out record $120M in 1 day to 2 lottery winners

Two lucky winners each picked up$60million at the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Commission's Toronto office today.

The OLG said it was the most money it has paid out in one day.

Thewinners are:

• John Henry, a grandfather from Mississauga, who won the Christmas Day Lotto Max jackpot.
• Joan Patterson, a rancher from the Owen Sound area, whowon the Feb. 5 Lotto Max draw.

Mississauga must be a great place to play the lottery.The winning ticket for the largest outstandingprize (meaning the winner hasn't come forward) that is listedon the OLG website was sold in the Toronto suburb a$64-million Lotto 6/49 jackpot from the Oct. 17 draw.

Previously, the largest Lotto 6/49 jackpot ever awarded was $63,413,885 for the April 13, 2013,draw.That moneywas shared between fourticket holders three in British Columbia and one in Western Canada.