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Canadians need to be creative about buying, redeeming Powerball lottery ticketsNews Story
Includes video report With Canadians in a frenzy to get a piece of the U.S. Powerball draw, consumer advocates say people should exercise caution before forking out cash for tickets. No one matched the Powerball numbers this weekend, meaning the already-record setting prize is now at an estimated $1.3 billion US almost $2 billion Canadian. The next draw is Wednesday, and the odds to win are close to one in 300 million, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association. It's expected
Jan 12, 2016, 8:59 am - Lottery News

$50 million Lotto Max winners finally revealed after 2-year fight to remain anonymousNews Story
The winners of the $50 million Canada Lotto Max ticket, sold in Langley, British Columbia, in March, 2014, say they will be continuing with their lives, like normal. Friedrich Mayrhofer, 67, his wife, Annand, and his son, Eric, have been named as the claimants of the prize only the second $50 million jackpot in B.C. history. The family tried to stay anonymous and claim the prize, but that's against British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) rules. The winning ticket was presented to of
Dec 18, 2015, 6:24 pm - Lottery News

Group of 12 co-workers claim $60M Lotto Max jackpotNews Story
A group of 12 colleagues from Markham, Ont., say they don't plan on retiring after picking up the $60 million jackpot at the Ontario Lottery headquarters Thursday. The group of workers, who are employed by Canadian Black Book, purchased their ticket in Brampton, Ont. and will each receive $5 million. One of the winners, Dennis Cartier, told reporters he was on his way to pick up a burrito for lunch when he checked the winning ticket. I stopped at a gas station and decided to check the
Oct 2, 2015, 8:33 am - Lottery News

Canadian lightning strike survivor wins lotteryNews Story
Defies odds of 1 in 2.6 trillion of both events happening to one person Lucky would be an understatement to describe one man in Canada. Peter McCathie survived being hit by lightning when he was a teenager and now he's won the lottery both events combined come to about a 1 in 2.6 trillion chance. McCathie is splitting the $1 million Lotto 6/49 prize with co-worker Diana Miller, the Atlantic Lottery told ABC News today. He's getting an additional $10,000 since he owns the Amherst Shor
Jul 23, 2015, 12:01 pm - Lottery News

20 co-workers share largest Lotto Max jackpot everNews Story
Claudine Forget said she feared the worst when her colleague began chatting with her online this past weekend by saying: Call me it's urgent. He told me to sit down, said Forget, who works the night shift for hardware retailer Rona Inc. south of Montreal. I told him to stop. I thought something had happened to his family. Then he said we won $55 million. Forget and all but one of her co-winners graveyard shift workers who bought the Lotto Max ticket together collected their windfall
Jul 21, 2015, 9:50 am - Lottery News

Canadian lottery winner fighting to remain anonymousNews Story
The winner of a $50 million lottery who waited a year to collect the prize and has still not been named more than a month later is fighting for the right to remain anonymous. The person doesn't want to be identified as the winner of the March 16, 2014, Lotto Max prize, a source who didn't want to be named said, despite a clear statement by the British Columbia Lottery Corp. (BCLC) that anyone buying a ticket must allow their name and photo to be published before collecting a prize. The win
Apr 27, 2015, 8:09 am - Lottery News

Lottery windfalls can buy anything except anonymityNews Story
Former Canadian lottery winners say lucky ticket holder should prepare for wave of unwanted attention The hucksters started calling only hours after Brenda Schley's good fortune was announced. Strange cars turned up outside her Clearwater, B.C., home. Then strangers began rubbing the 57-year-old for luck. And that win only involved $1.75 million. It's almost scary, says Schley, a year after matching six out of six numbers on a Lotto 6/49 draw. We had to leave the house for abo
Mar 12, 2015, 10:18 am - Lottery News

Winner of $50 million Lotto Max jackpot claims prize just before it expiresNews Story
By Todd Northrop The individual who purchased the winning $50 million Lotto Max ticket in Langley, British Columbia, on March 14, 2014 has come forward. This comes after the British Columbia Lotto Corporation's renewed plea this week for the winner to claim their prize. As per lottery regulations, the one-year deadline to claim the prize is this Saturday. The winning numbers for that particular draw were 3, 4, 5, 7, 31, 33, and 40 with bonus number 49. Lotto Max is a multi-province g
Mar 12, 2015, 9:34 am - Lottery News

$50M Canada lotto winner says he had a vision of winning numbersNews Story
Six years ago Randall Rush was at a friend's house watching a football game when a series of numbers flashed into his head. His friend told Rush to write down the numbers, and when he took a look, he thought they would make for good lottery picks. But the 48-year-old was skeptical he never played the lottery. He goes: 'If you didn't play and these numbers come up, how would you feel?' said Rush. Ever since that fateful day, the resident of Lamont, Alberta, has picked the same numbers w
Feb 16, 2015, 9:53 am - Lottery News

Couple recovers $50 million lottery ticketNews Story
A Canadian couple endured a roller-coaster ride of emotions when a lottery ticket worth $50 million went missing only to be found and returned by someone at their church. Hakeem Nosiru won the Jan. 17 Lotto Max draw and was one day away from claiming the money when the signed ticket, which he taped to the inside his wife's purse for safekeeping, was missing after they attended church. That sparked a frantic search of their home, with garbage bins being upended and their contents picked thr
Jun 3, 2014, 8:19 am - Lottery News