Lotto Max Winner

• Winner of Canada’s largest lottery was buying buns before spontaneous ticket purchase

  Justin Simporios won the $80-million Lotto Max jackpot from the May 9, draw. This is the largest lottery jackpot ever won in B.C.

  Canada

  May 15, 2025
  
• ‘It’s unreal’: Ontario health-care worker wins $20M Lotto Max jackpot

  An Ontario woman is $20M richer after winning the Lotto Max jackpot, calling it a "life-changing" win that will secure her children's future.

  Canada

  Feb 5, 2025
  
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• $80M Lotto Max jackpot split between two winning tickets

  The record-breaking Lotto Max jackpot worth $80 million was split between two winning tickets — one sold in Ontario and one sold in Quebec, the OLG said.

  Canada

  Sep 18, 2024
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• Big, big, money! Winning Lotto Max ticket for $70M jackpot sold in Ontario

  The OLG says the winner will be revealed when the ticketholder comes forward to claim the prize at the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto.

  Consumer

  Feb 21, 2024
• Lucky Alberta lottery player wakes up $70M richer

  Someone in Alberta is waking up (perhaps unknowingly) $70 million richer on Wednesday. 

  Canada

  Jan 17, 2024
• Man snaps up $50M winning lottery ticket on Thanksgiving grocery run in Montreal

  Montreal's Pierre Richer, who is in his 60s, says he hasn't changed at all since becoming a multi-millionaire thanks to a lottery ticket he snagged ahead of Thanksgiving weekend.

  Canada

  Oct 12, 2023
• ‘Haven’t slept in a week’: Free play gets Oshawa man $500K Lotto Max prize

  "I initially thought I’d won around $500," 46-year-old Bryan Hogan said. "I thought it was too good to be true."

  Canada

  Aug 2, 2023
• ‘Huge scream’: B.C. woman recounts $35M lottery win

  Rhonda Malesku said she purchased her lucky ticket at Walmart on Hillside Drive in Kamloops while shopping for beach towels.

  Canada

  Jul 27, 2023
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• Lotto Max ticket in B.C. splits $70 million jackpot

  According to the B.C. Lottery Corporation, the odds of winning a Lotto Max jackpot are 1 in 33 million.

  Canada

  Jul 26, 2023
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• Trent Lakes woman who played same lottery numbers for a decade lands $82K prize

  The OLG reports Adela Caschera claimed a second-place prize of $82,911.10 in the July 7 Lotto Max draw. She says she used the same numbers she has selected for the past decade.

  Consumer

  Jul 20, 2023