Chase the Ace jackpot at $2.2m in Sydney Saturday

It's an unprecedented jackpot for the popular Chase the Ace game — $2.2 million — and Sydney is bracing for thousands of visitors hoping for a chance to win it.

After a week's hiatus to make room for East Coast Music Week events, the charity fundraiser is back on Saturday.

There are six cards remaining in the deck.

• Chase the Ace in Sydney will resume with new tickets, close monitoring

Nine venues will be selling tickets:

• The Ashby Legion, State Street.
• The Cedar Club, MacKenzie Street.
• Centre 200, George Street.
• The Horizon Achievement Centre, Upper Prince Street.
• The Joan Harris Cruise Pavilion, Esplanade.
• The Mayflower Mall, Grand Lake Road.
• The New Dawn Centre for Social Innovation, Nepean Street.
• St. Theresa's Parish Centre, St. Peter's Road.
• The Sydney Academy cafeteria, Terrace Street.

Cape Breton Regional Police are also mindful of increased traffic on many of Sydney's main streets.

Police have released a statement outlining plans for security at the venues and for traffic control.

They say there will be "a number of additional police officers located at each of the nine designated Chase the Ace venues, to help ensure the safety of both the public and the organizers of the event."

Officers will also implement temporary measures to control traffic around ticket venues.

Parking will be reduced to one side of the road on Terrace Street near Sydney Academy, on St. Peter's Road near St. Theresa's Parish Centre, on Birchhill Drive near the Horizon Achievement Centre, and on Nepean Street near the New Dawn Center for Social Innovation.

Signs will be posted in those locations advising of the parking restrictions.

Anyone violating the temporary ban will be fined $61.60 under the Motor Vehicle Act and is subject to being towed.

The draw, set for 7 p.m., will be live streamed at www.chasetheacesydney.com.