The Lotto 649 jackpot, with an estimated $16 million for the September 4 draw, is larger than the Lotto Max jackpot for the first time since the March 20, 2010 draw when the Lotto 649 jackpot reached $41 million and the Lotto Max jackpot was $15 million. It is also the largest Lotto 649 jackpot since the June 30 draw.
The Lotto Max jackpot for the August 27 draw was won - one winning ticket. The jackpot stays at $10 million. Sales of $30.5 million set a new record high for a $10 million jackpot - the previous sales record was $21 million.
The jackpot was under funded from sales by $1.7 million and the payout was 27%.
The match 6 prize set a new record high of $8,633 - the previous record was $8,481. The Match 6 plus bonus prize set a new record low of $75,969 with 5 winning tickets. The previous record was $88,862.
Lotto 649 Record Low Jackpots
Lotto 649 sales continue to decline with the recent record number of $50 million Lotto Max jackpots. The July 28, 2010 Lotto 649 jackpot of $15.6 million was a record low after three rolls. The previous record was $16.1 million.
The August 11, 2010 starting jackpot of $2.94 million was a record low. The previous record was $3.04 million. Sales for that draw were also a record low of 5.57 million tickets. The previous record was 5.69 million tickets.
The August 18, 2010 Lotto 649 jackpot of $6.69 million was a record low after one roll. The previous record was $6.87 million. The record low was reached despite the extra $0.24 million added to the jackpot since there were no winners of the second prize category from the previous draw. The record was broken again with the $6.67 million jackpot on August 28, 2010.
The August 11, August 18 and August 28 low jackpots were also the result of low winning numbers.
Lotto Max Second Prize Records
Second prize (match 6 plus bonus) set a new record high of $1.36 million for the July 16 draw. Two factors contributed to the new record. There was only one winning ticket. But more important, $0.58 million was added to the prize category. The jackpot pool was $63.58 million with $50 million allocated to the main jackpot, $13 million for 13 MaxMillions prizes and the remaining $0.58 was added to the second prize pool.
The record was broken in the July 30 draw with a $1.58 million prize. Again there was only one winning ticket and $0.76 was added to the prize category. The record was broken a third time in four weeks in the August 6 draw with a prize of $1.73 million. This time there were no winning tickets and $0.9 million was added to the prize category.
