MONTRÉAL, May 20, 2022 /CNW Telbec/ - Friday night's Lotto Max draw will offer an estimated $77 million in prizes, i.e. a $65 million jackpot and an estimated 12 Maxmillions.
"As you might recall, two $70 million jackpots were won by Lotto Max players in Québec in 2020. To this day, they're the biggest jackpots Loto-Québec has ever awarded. More recently, on November 12, 6 Capitale-Nationale residents split a $50 million jackpot thanks to a winning ticket that they purchased as a group," points out Isabelle Jean, Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer at Loto-Québec.
Lotto Max continues to churn out winners in Québec
- Lotto Max players in Québec have won over $3.059 billion since the lottery game's launch in 2009.
- In total, there have been 38 jackpot wins in the province, including 2 of $70,000,000—the largest jackpots ever won in Québec—in the February 25 and October 9, 2020, draws.
- The last record-breaking Lotto Max jackpot win in Québec dates back to the June 11, 2019, draw, when a family split $65,000,000.
- Four $60,000,000 jackpots, four $55,000,000 jackpots, and seven $50,000,000 jackpots were also won in Québec.
- In addition to these jackpot wins, Lotto Max players in Québec have also won a total of 180 Maxmillions prizes, each worth $1 million, and 126 shares of Maxmillions prizes.
Draw results are available on lotoquebec.com.
Loto-Québec's mission is to responsibly and efficiently manage games of chance in a controlled and measured fashion in the interest of all Quebecers. Entertainment is at the heart of its activities. Between January 1 and May 15, 2022, Loto-Québec paid out 37 prizes of $1,000,000 or more to winners. The Gagnant à vie and Grande Vie lottery games have provided nine lucky winners with a lifetime annuity. Major prize winners are listed on the Winners page of the Lotteries website.
SOURCE Loto-Québec
Renaud Dugas, Spokesperson and Head of Media Relations, Loto-Québec, 514-499-5208, [email protected]
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