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Father buys winning $1 million lottery ticket while wife waits in hospital with newborn
Casual lottery player becomes father of two and millionaire in one day
By Kate Northrop
A data analyst became a father of two and a millionaire in one day after he bought a $1 million (US$747,045) winning lottery ticket while his wife waited at the hospital with their newborn.
A Canadian man decided to buy some lottery tickets at a nearby retailer while his wife and newborn waited to leave the hospital, and it resulted in a $1 million prize.
Ian Dupre, 37, and his wife left the h
Feb 1, 2024, 8:29 am - Lottery News
Ontario Lottery launches a new type of instant ticket
Canadian lottery combines draw game and scratch-off tickets to make something different
By Kate Northrop
The Ontario Lottery (OLG) launched a new type of instant draw game, in which the draw has already been conducted and players must go on the hunt to find one of the winning tickets.
Ontario lottery players now have access to a type of instant game that is being promoted as first-of-its-kind for the way it incorporates both a draw game and scratch-off ticket.
On Tuesday, OLG ann
Jan 15, 2024, 8:00 am - Lottery News
$70 million Canada Lotto Max jackpot-winning ticket expires
Largest unclaimed prize in Canadian lottery history
By Kate Northrop
The winning ticket for a $70 million (US$52.85 million) Lotto Max jackpot has officially expired, making it the largest unclaimed prize in Canadian lottery history.
Time is up to validate the winning ticket for the highest-possible jackpot for Lotto Max, Canada's multi-province draw game.
On Thursday, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) announced that the deadline to claim the $70 million Lotto Max
Jul 2, 2023, 5:38 pm - Lottery News
Canada man "wins" twice — $35 million Lotto Max jackpot one week after daughter's graduation
Regular lottery player's big win coincides with big life milestone
By Kate Northrop
A lot of good happened for one Ontario man who won a $35 million (US$26.58 million) Lotto Max jackpot one week after his daughter's college graduation.
Jayasinghe Jay Jayasinghe of Windsor has been a regular lottery player since moving to Canada, but the timing of his lucky break happened to coincide with another great achievement in his family.
I always hoped that my opportunity would come, he to
Jun 26, 2023, 11:45 am - Lottery News
Winning $70 million Lotto Max ticket bought in Ontario will expire in one month
Time is ticking to claim Lotto Max's highest-possible jackpot
By Kate Northrop
Ontario Lottery officials are looking for the winner of a $70 million (US$51.3 million) Lotto Max jackpot, who has just one more month to step forward or risk not receiving their prize.
On Tuesday, the Ontario Lottery released a statement about a rare occurrence in Canadian lottery history that concerns a $70 million Lotto Max prize still waiting to be claimed.
The lone ticket to win the game's highest
May 25, 2023, 12:53 pm - Lottery News
VIDEO: February's Weekly Roundup in lottery news
Ontario's youngest jackpot winner needed just one ticket to win literally
By Kate Northrop
Today, Lottery Post published the latest installment of the new Weekly Roundup series featuring some of the most prominent lottery stories in the month of February.
If you frequent Lottery Post's homepage or Lottery News forum, chances are you've seen quite a few notable stories this month, such as the one about Ontario's youngest jackpot winner ever who recently won a $48 million (US$35.6 mill
Feb 19, 2023, 5:48 pm - Lottery News
Canadian lottery player uses Excel spreadsheet to win the lottery
Winner credits studying years' worth of data for $118,000 Lotto 6/49 win
By Kate Northrop
A Canadian lottery winner says he won the lottery after looking at data of past drawings he compiled on an Excel spreadsheet.
What others might attribute to sheer luck, a lottery winner from Ontario says its thanks to his attention to detail and spreadsheet skills that earned him a $118,000 (US$ 87,666) Lotto 6/49 prize.
Rendall Pennie of Kirkfield is $118,000 richer after dedicating time to
Feb 16, 2023, 6:15 pm - Lottery News
18-year-old university student wins $48 million Lotto 6/49 jackpot
First-ever lottery ticket leads teen to becoming youngest Canadian to win one of the game's largest prizes
By Kate Northrop
An 18-year-old university student won a $48 million (US$35.7 million) Lotto 6/49 jackpot on her first lottery ticket purchase ever.
Juliette Lamour, 18, recently became the youngest person to win one of the largest Lotto 6/49 prizes ever, and it was only her very first lottery ticket purchase.
Rumors were swirling in Sault Ste. Marie after the Ontario Lotter
Feb 8, 2023, 8:12 am - Lottery News
Canadian lottery player wins twice in two months
Most recent prize bumps up lucky winner to millionaire status
By Kate Northrop
A twice-lucky lottery player in Ontario won two major prizes in two months.
Ryaan Othman has been officially bumped up to millionaire status after he won his second major lottery prize in two months.
To say that Othman is shocked about two big wins so close together is an understatement. His first win happened on Nov. 15, 2022 when he took home a $180,372 (US$135,464) second-tier Lotto Max prize.
S
Jan 31, 2023, 4:27 pm - Lottery News
Canadian woman too shocked to tell mother about $60 million Lotto Max jackpot
Winner has solid poker face after finding out about the big win
By Kate Northrop
A lottery winner from Ontario was so stunned by her $60 million Lotto Max lottery win that she sat in silence next to her mother for 30 minutes.
Camellia Kazemi Talachi of Richmond Hill is the latest $60 million Lotto Max jackpot winner in Ontario, but processing the news took some serious concentration on her part.
Talachi bought a Lotto Max ticket for the drawing on Nov. 29, 2022 at the Bayview Kit
Jan 25, 2023, 10:31 am - Lottery News