Lineups formed at retailers across the country on Friday as patrons hoped to cash in on the largest lottery jackpot in Canadian history, Ontario’s gaming authority said
The prize in Friday night’s nationwide Lotto Max draw stood at $70 million, a figure the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation said is the highest ever awarded in Canada. The draw was also to feature at least 10 smaller prizes valued at $1 million a piece.
Kuhtey said the current pot has reached stratospheric levels because Lotto Max has not produced a winner since Nov. 26, 2019. Each time the prize goes unclaimed, the pot increases by $5 million, until reaching the $70 million cap, she said. Kuhtey said it’s not yet possible to gauge sales figures for the draw, since historically the bulk of sales takes place in the hours before the results are unveiled. But she said sales in Ontario alone surged 29 per cent between last Friday, when a $60 million prize was up for grabs, to Tuesday when the pot reached $65 million.
Two major wins took place last year, when Lotto Max draws produced winners worth $65 million each. She said both prizes were claimed on single tickets, one purchased in Quebec and the other in western Canada.
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