Someone is $5M richer after buying lotto ticket online in New Brunswick – New Brunswick | Globalnews.ca

Lottery players in New Brunswick are going to want to check their tickets.

Atlantic Lottery says a winning $5 million Lotto 6/49 was sold on the the http://www.alc.ca, N.B. for the March 26 draw.

Who the prize winner or winners are is not know, but at least one person in the province appears to be $5 million richer.

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Details on the prize winner or winners will be released as soon as they come forward, the lottery corporation says in a Thursday morning release.

The lotto victory comes about year after a lengthy search to find the N.B. winner of a $64-million lotto prize finally ended.

The largest win ever in Atlantic Canada was finally claimed in March, 2024 by a local crab fisherperson.