MEDIA ALERT - Tonight's LOTTO 6/49 draw worth $24 million!

LOTTO 6/49 continues to offer bigger jackpots more often, and tonight's draw is estimated at $24 million! In just one week the jackpot has grown by $15 million from last Saturday's draw to tonight's BIG $24 million! Players can purchase tickets at OLG retailers until 9:00 p.m.

Ontarians win often, and win big with LOTTO 6/49 - like Anne Gray and Michael Psaki of Toronto, who recently claimed $10.8 million, the top prize in the August 12, 2006 LOTTO 6/49 draw. Since LOTTO 6/49 was launched in June 1982, Ontario players have won more than $7.32 billion in prizes including more than 1,055 jackpot wins.

We asked lottery winners of $1 million or more what they did with their winnings? This is what they told us:

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- 90% put money in the bank

- 73% shared money with family or friends

- 60% paid off debts

- 65% bought a new car

- 56% took a vacation

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What will you do if you win Saturday's $24 million jackpot?

LOTTO 6/49 is operated and managed in the province by OLG, a provincial agency responsible for province-wide gaming facilities and lottery games. With revenues of $6 billion and more than 20,000 employees and associates, OLG is one of North America's leading gaming enterprises. It is a provincial offence, punishable by fines, to sell OLG lottery tickets to anyone under 18 years of age.

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Know your limit. Play within it!

THE ONTARIO PROBLEM GAMBLING HELPLINE 1-888-230-3505.

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For further information: OLG PUBLIC AFFAIRS, (705) 946-6716, (416) 324-6541, www.OLG.ca