BCLOTTERY.COM - BCLC - British Columbia Lottery Corporation. The British Columbia Lottery Corporation ('BCLC') is a Crown Corporation of the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It has provided government sanctioned lottery services to those in British Columbia since 1985.

Previous to this it was an umbrella of the Western Canada Lottery Foundation. In conjunction with the Interprovincial Lottery Corporation, the BCLC offers Canada's highest payout lotteries the Lotto 6/49 and Lotto Super 7.

Lotto Super 7 is one of Canada's national lottery games, along with Lotto 6/49. Drawn every Friday night, it has become a staple of Canadian lottery players. Jackpots start at a guaranteed $2.5 million, and is carried over if no ticket matches all 7 numbers. The largest jackpot awarded was in May 2002, in which 4 winners shared a $37.8 million jackpot.

The Lotto Super 7 game is run by the Interprovincial Lottery Corporation which works with various Provincial lottery corporations. The lottery is run by the government, with profit sharing amongst the various retailers who sell tickets. Retailers receive from the lottery a percentage of the winnings for tickets sold from their shop (the money is not taken from the prize award).

Millions of dollars in prizes have been won and thousands of British Columbians are better off because nearly 6,000 charitable and community organizations can continue to do amazing work.

While British Columbia Lottery Corporation is used to dealing in long odds and once-in-a-lifetime events, the results of the Wednesday, March 19, 2008 Lotto 6/49 draw were especially noteworthy for two reasons:

Of the seven numbers drawn (six winning numbers plus the bonus number) six were consecutive (23, 40, 41, 42, 44 and 45 - the bonus number was 43)

Winners in the second prize category won less prize money than those who won the third prize category.

It was the first time for both instances! And while the draw results are eye-catching, they are not improbable.
Lotto 6/49 is the national lottery game drawn on Wednesdays and Saturdays after 6 p.m. (PST). Players can purchase tickets at any lottery retailer or at PlayNow on bclc.com. Odds and winning numbers for Lotto 6/49 are available at bclc.com.

British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) learned that it has been named one of BC's Top Employers for 2008 by MediaCorp as released in The Vancouver Sun, The Province and the Victoria Times-Colonist on October 13, 2007.

Canada has two nation-wide lotteries: Lotto 6/49, and Lotto Super 7 (which started in 1994). These games are administered by the Interprovincial Lottery Corporation, which is a consortium of the five regional lottery commissions, all of which are owned by their respective provincial and territorial governments.

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