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Lotto Max ticket sales on fire as lottery hits recordNews Story
It's a curious pop culture phenomenon that the richer the lottery jackpot, the bigger the frenzy it creates at retail outlets. If you need proof, look no further than Canada's Lotto Max multi-province game this month. On Friday, the nine-month-old lottery is poised to award the biggest aggregate jackpot in Canadian lottery history as its top prize remains at $50 million for the fourth week in a row. (No jackpot-winning tickets were sold during the last three weeks.) But that's not all.
Jun 24, 2010, 9:01 am - Lottery News

Record $95M Lotto Max lottery jackpot drawing tonightNews Story
Combined super-prize is Canada's largest ever The largest lottery prize pool in Canadian history will be up for grabs in Friday night's Lotto Max draw. The $95 million that could be won includes a jackpot of $50 million. In addition, there will be 45 separate MaxMillions draws for prizes of $1 million each. A Lotto Max ticket gives the buyer a chance to win the jackpot or any of the MaxMillions prizes. Because so many draws will be made, lottery officials say the winning numbers migh
Jun 18, 2010, 9:00 am - Lottery News

Largest lottery prize in Canadian history hits $70M markNews Story
Canadians will have a shot at the country's largest-ever lottery prize total this Friday $70 million. There was no winner in last Friday's Lotto Max draw, so the jackpot remains at the maximum of $50 million. Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. spokeswoman Sarah Kiriliuk says it will be the fourth time that amount is being offered as a jackpot. However, she says the number of Maxmillions draws will rise to 20 separate $1 million prizes up from the five offered last Friday. That makes a
Jun 8, 2010, 7:33 am - Lottery News

Canada lottery almanac for 2009 publishedNews Story
For the first time, Canada lottery players can obtain a year's worth of lottery winning numbers for each of the country's games in one book. Lottery Post 2009 Lottery Results Almanac, Canada Edition (ISBN 978-0-9826272-1-1), available for purchase immediately by publisher Speednet Group, is offered just two weeks after the United States edition of the same title was published. Over time these lottery results almanacs will become increasingly important to daily lottery players, says Todd N
Feb 9, 2010, 6:14 pm - Lottery News

$50M lottery winners share wealthNews Story
A Manitoba couple who won a CA$50 million (US$46.7 million) lottery jackpot in the Nov. 6 Canada Lotto Max drawing are sharing the wealth with their Sagkeeng First Nation community. Kirby and Marie Fontaine have outfitted a hockey team and set their sights on a hot meal program at a school on Sagkeeng First Nation, about 100 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg, following their Lotto Max win. Claude Guimond, coach of the newly formed Sagkeeng 69s, said Kirby approached him shortly after the lo
Dec 5, 2009, 8:39 am - Lottery News

Single lottery ticket wins final Super 7 jackpot worth $24MNews Story
The final Canada Super 7 jackpot, totalling almost $24 million, was won Friday night by a single ticket in Saskatchewan. Lottery hopefuls across Canada were especially interested in the final draw because all the prize money was guaranteed to be won. A lottery spokeswoman says officials have not yet heard from the winner or winners, adding all they know is the ticket was purchased somewhere in Saskatchewan. The winner has a year to claim the prize, but can do so as early as Monday morni
Sep 20, 2009, 2:43 pm - Lottery News

Canada's Lotto Max game to begin in Sept.News Story
Replaces the retiring Super 7 game First drawing Friday, Sept. 25 Canada lottery players will have the opportunity to play a new nation-wide game starting in September. Lotto Max tickets go on sale at lottery retailers throughout the country starting Sept. 19, 2009, with the first drawing held on Friday, Sept. 25, 2009. The new multi-province game, which replaces the retiring Super 7 game, will offer additional $1 million prizes once the jackpot reaches $50 million. Like Super 7, Lot
Jul 30, 2009, 7:37 pm - Lottery News

Two winners to share record A$106 million Australian lotteryNews Story
A couple from Queensland state and a man from South Australia will share more than A$106 million (US$86 million) as the only jackpot winners in the nation's record lottery drawn last night. Holders of the winning Oz Lotto entries, who asked to remain anonymous, will each take about A$53 million in the second-largest single payouts in Australian lottery history. The previous record jackpot of A$58.7 million was won on a single ticket last year. The first division prize pool, created after 1
Jul 1, 2009, 2:00 am - Lottery News

Truck driver wins $1.9M lottery jackpot, will keep drivingNews Story
A recent immigrant to Canada is Manitoba's newest millionaire. Gennadi Belinov is nearly $2 million richer after he won a share of Wednesday night's $3.9 million Lotto 6/49 draw. The Winnipeg man said he took a long look at a self-serve ticket checker when he scanned his ticket Thursday evening and learned he had won $1,979,992. I thought, 'What are all these numbers?' So, I took it to the clerk and asked if she could check the ticket through her machine. Then the machine said 'Woo hoo
Mar 23, 2009, 3:54 pm - Lottery News

2 tickets to split $45.1M Lotto 6/49 jackpotNews Story
A ticket sold in northern Ontario and one sold in Qu bec will split the $45.1 million Lotto 6/49 jackpot, tied for the second-largest draw in Canada. Each winning ticket is worth $22,572,856, the provincial gambling agency, Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLGC), said in a release Thursday. The winning numbers were pulled Wednesday night. They are 10, 18, 22, 26, 34, 38 and bonus number 39. There were 17 second prizes, worth $220,055 each. Ontario players won seven of those, OLGC sai
Aug 8, 2008, 9:18 am - Lottery News