2025-12-05

ST. JOHN’S (N.L.) – Michael Brown of Englee, N.L. is $5 million richer after claiming his Lotto 6/49 Classic Jackpot prize nearly a month after the Nov. 5 draw. Brown’s big win was the result of a free ticket that he won on a previous draw.

“I had eight or nine tickets to check from over five or six weeks and the last one she checked was a winning ticket,” Brown said, recalling his trip to a lottery retailer. “She said, ‘You won $50,000. Oh, no wait, it’s $5 million, I think,’ and she was a bit shaky and everything.”

Lotto 6/49 draws take place every Wednesday and Saturday with two multi-million jackpots available to be won. The Classic Jackpot is always set at $5 million and the Gold Ball Jackpot starts at $10 million and can grow past $60 million. The Gold Ball Draw guarantees a winning ticket on every draw, with the winner taking home $1 million if a white ball is drawn or the growing Gold Ball Jackpot when a gold ball is drawn.

Brown’s ticket matched all six of the Classic Draw numbers for the Nov. 5, 2025 draw, resulting in his $5-million jackpot win.

As a fisherman who is often away working, Brown went nearly an entire month without realizing he was a $5-million winner.

“I don’t always check my tickets right away, I might have it in my wallet or my pocket for a month because I’m busy, doing work or offshore fishing,” Brown said. “It can often be the next week or the next week after that I get in to check a ticket.”

Plans for his winnings include helping his children and taking some of his friends on the moose hunting trip they’ve been dreaming of for the last several years.

Brown intends to keep working and will use some of his prize money to purchase new fishing gear he has needed to upgrade for some time.

“I’ll take it as it comes now, whatever it is,” Brown said. “As long as I can wake up in the morning and feel good enough to get up and do what I need to do, only happier, I’ll be happier.”

Brown purchased his winning Lotto 6/49 ticket at Michelle’s Convenience in Englee, N.L. The retailer will receive a one per cent seller’s prize.

Media contact:
Lindsay Meekins
Atlantic Lottery Public Relations Strategist
506-431-6466
lindsay.meekins@alc.ca

Backgrounder: About Lotto 6/49

• Lotto 6/49 holds draws every Wednesday and Saturday with two multi-million jackpots available to be won.
• Each $3 ticket includes one Classic Draw selection of six numbers players can choose or use Insta Pik to have the numbers selected for them, and a 10-digit computer generated Gold Ball Draw number.
•The Classic Jackpot is always set at $5 million.
•The Gold Ball Jackpot starts at $10 million and can grow past $60 million.
•The Gold Ball draw guarantees a winning ticket on every draw. The winner of the Gold Ball draw will take home either $1 million, or the growing Gold Ball jackpot.
• For $1 each, players can add TAG and Atlantic 49. These add-on games give you additional chances to win and are only available in Atlantic Canada.