All eyes were on Tuesday night’s Lotto Max draw, with a jackpot that ballooned to $80 million for the second time in history.
Unfortunately, lottery players’ dreams of winning the massive prize were dashed. No one matched all seven of the winning numbers (20, 24, 31, 33, 36, 41, 49, and bonus 50), which means the $80 million goes unclaimed.
However, there were still several major wins from last night’s Lotto Max draw.
Four Canadians matched six of the seven numbers (including the bonus) to split the second prize. One lottery player from Kelowna, two from Ontario, and one from Quebec are taking home $99,588.30 each.
On top of that, 14 Maxmillions prizes were up for grabs. Three Canadians became new millionaires Wednesday morning.
One player from Ontario matched the winning numbers 2, 3, 7, 16, 26, 29, 49 to take home one of the Maxmillions.
Two people from Western Canada — one Western Canada Lottery Corporation subscription and another from Alberta — also won $1 million each. They matched the winning numbers 4, 7, 10, 34, 35, 46, 49 and 4, 26, 36, 39, 40, 41, 46.
The luck didn’t stop there.
The winning numbers for the Lotto Max Extra prize were 13, 29, 59, and 70. Someone from White Rock, BC, matched all four to win the $500,000 top prize.
If you didn’t beat the odds this time around, the next Lotto Max draw is this Friday. The prize pool grows to $100 million, including the $80 million jackpot and an estimated 20 Maxmillions.
You could end up like the lottery players who won the first $80 million windfall.
The historical September jackpot was split between two lottery players — one from Ontario and one from Quebec.
A retiree from Quebec won half of the record-breaking prize with a last-minute lottery ticket.
Quebec resident Bernard Morissette, who’s in his eighties, has been playing Lotto Max for many years and has always chosen the same numbers — dates that have a special significance to him.
On September 17, at around 9 pm, he remembered that he hadn’t yet bought his ticket for that night’s draw, which had the historical jackpot up for grabs. He promptly logged in to his lotoquebec.com account to purchase one.
The next day, a Loto-Québec employee reached out to tell him the life-changing news.
A couple from Ontario took home the other $40 million from the Lotto Max jackpot.
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