Over $1.6 billion paid out to lottery winners across Québec in 2023

MONTRÉAL, Jan. 26, 2024 /CNW/ - Lady Luck smiled upon Quebec lottery players in 2023. Loto-Québec paid out over $1.6 billion in prizes, 89 of which were worth $1,000,000 or more.

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Several winners across Québec took major prizes home recently.

• On December 15, Nancy Gauthier, Jeannette Boisvert and Gilles Larouche, a family from the Laurentides, won the $50,000,000 Lotto Max jackpot.
• Catherine Ennis and Jean Larocque, a couple from Estrie, pocketed the $55,000,000 Lotto Max jackpot on Halloween night.
• Over Thanksgiving weekend in October, Montréal resident Pierre Richer won the $50,000,000 jackpot with Lotto Max.
• Manon Gaudreau and Maryse Gaudreau, two sisters from Estrie, won the $7,000,000 Grande Vie top prize on December 28.
• Lastly, a couple from Chaudière-Appalaches, Hervé Bédard and Louise Plante, took home $5,000,000 with Lotto 6/49 on December 23.

"Quebecers have been especially lucky in 2023. Thanks in part to the Lotto Max and Lotto 6/49 jackpots and the Grande Vie top prize won, that's nearly $1.6 billion paid out to local families," said Isabelle Jean, Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer of Lottery Games at Loto-Québec.

The 10 largest jackpots paid out during the year:

1. $55,000,000 with Lotto Max in November in Estrie
2. $50,000,000 with Lotto Max in December in the Laurentides
3. $50,000,000 with Lotto Max in October in Montréal
4. $36,000,000 with Lotto 6/49 in February in Lanaudière
5. $7,000,000 with Grande Vie in January in Chaudière-Appalaches
6. $5,000,000 with Colossal in June in Montréal and Estrie
7. $5,000,000 with Lotto 6/49 in July in Chaudière-Appalaches
8. $5,000,000 with Lotto 6/49 in June in Montérégie
9. $5,000,000 with Lotto 6/49 in October in Centre-du-Québec, Laurentides, Montréal and Montérégie
10. $3,000,000 with Platine in December in Bas-Saint-Laurent

About Loto-Québec

Loto-Québec has been delivering entertainment to Quebecers for over 50 years, and its operations benefit the people and province of Québec. In 2023, it paid out over $1.6 billion in prizes to lottery winners. Major prize winners are listed on the Winners page in the Lotteries section of lotoquebec.com. Read their stories.

SOURCE Loto-Québec