Two people in Edmonton, and another one somewhere in Alberta, have Lotto Max tickets with big wins.

A trio of women -- including two Albertans -- are going to have an extra merry Christmas this year, after a winning a $1-million prize.

Raymond Mussell was one of two winners of the Dec. 15 Lotto 6/49 draw, taking home a whopping $7,935,986.70.

An organization that provides mentoring opportunities for children and youth in the Edmonton area is at risk of falling short of its fundraising goal for its annual Dream Home Lottery.

Suryanarayana Bora won Daily Grand's $1,000-a-day for life jackpot on Nov. 10. He chose to take the prize in a one-time payment of $7 million.

This week's prize money is broken up into one $50-million jackpot and 50 $1-million prizes. The last time this much money was up for grabs was in March 2014.

Alberta's newest multi-millionaire says his weekly lottery numbers came to him in a flash six years ago. And ever since then he knew he was going to win big.