Canada Lotto Max

Tickets for the Canada Lotto Max game first went on sale in September 2009 with the first draw taking place on 25th of the same month. The Canada Lotto Max draw replaced a game that was called Lotto Super 7 whose final draw took place on 18th September 2009. The jackpot for Lotto Super 7 was substantially lower than that of its replacement with the largest ever win was of CAD £37.8 million shared by four tickets in 2002. The Interprovincial Lottery Corporation (ILC) announced the launch of Lotto Max in July 2009 just four months after announcing the final Lotto Super 7 draw date. Lotto Max draws take place every Friday evening in Ontario.

Players wishing to participate in the Lotto Max pay a set fee for which they are given three sets of numbers. For Lotto Max players can only choose their own numbers for the first set, the remaining two lines of numbers are allocated at random. The current matrix for Lotto Max is 7/49 but there is also a bonus ball drawn. The bonus ball is only used on two of the seven prize tiers – Match six main balls and the bonus - Match three main balls and the bonus.

Of the seven prize tiers available from Lotto Max; four are determined by ticket sales and are win or share prizes defined by the number of winners whilst the three remaining prize pools are fixed prizes no matter how many winners there are in that prize level:

Match	Win	Odds
7 of 7	Win or share - 87% of Prize Pool	1 in 28,633,528
6 and bonus ball	Win or share - 4% of Prize Pool	1 in 4,090,504
6 of 7	Win or share - 4% of Prize Pool	1 in 99,768
5 of 7	Win or share - 5% of Prize Pool	1 in 1,584
4 of 7	CAD $20	1 in 71.3
3 and bonus ball	CAD $20	1 in 76.7
3 of 7	Free Play	1 in 8.1

The highest any given jackpot can be for Lotto Max is CAD $50 million. When the jackpot reaches this amount then the Maxmillions game comes into play.

Maxmillions is started when a Lotto Max jackpot hits the CAD £$50 million mark as this is the cap for the lottery. Each week that the jackpot is not won there will be extra draws for Lotto Max that produce seven numbers, each set of seven numbers offers a cash jackpot of CAD $1 million if all the numbers are matched.

When the Lotto Max jackpot is won whilst in Maxmillions mode then any money that would have been used for Maxmillions will be added to the next Lotto Max jackpot.

The numbers of Maxmillions draws each week is determined by ticket sales (additional growth of the CAD $50 million Lotto Max jackpot) and if any Maxmillions prizes are not won then they will carry forward to the next draw.

Lotto Max Starts Up MaxMillions Again

In Friday’s Lotto Max draw there was a jackpot of CAD $50 million available to win, and we all know that when this Canadian lottery hits it maximum top prize of CAD $50 million, the additional game of MaxMillions starts up. In Friday’s draw (27th January 2012) there were two MaxMillions draws that took place and both of these extra draws had winners. However, in the main Lotto Max draw no players matched the numbers drawn to become top prize winners, meaning that this Friday’s draw has an estimated ten MaxMillions draws set to take place.

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1st February 2012

Lotto Max Jackpot Won by Couple

The Lotto Max reached its jackpot cap of CAD $50 million on November 11th and exactly one week later the top prize has been scooped up. The Lotto Max jackpot was won by a couple on Fridays draw. This couple is known as Don and Linda Ingram who successfully matched the Lotto Max results to win the life changing CAD $50 million. The fortunate couple both work as cooks at Wally’s World, an Oshawa diner for the last 15 years and both nearly passed out when they found out they had won! The winning numbers on Friday were 8, 17, 27, 28, 39, 44, 49 and the Bonus Ball was 24.

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21st November 2011

Maxmillions Starts Up

Lotto Max is an attractive Canadian lottery game to play as its boats impressive jackpots from frequent rollovers. However Lotto Max has climbed up to CAD $50 million which is actually the highest amount it can reach. This now means Maxmillions starts up, this is where the excess prize money above and beyoond the jackpot cap for Lotto Max goes and is then distributed via extra draws. Maxmillions is an extra draw which is bound to get people’s attention because while the jackpot stays elusive players can win a CAD $1 million prize whilst playing this extra lottery game.

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16th November 2011

Lotto Max legal dispute could end soon

A Lotto Max legal dispute could end soon after a $33 million win in April saw seven lottery players lay claim to the fortune. Court proceeding that took place last week resulted in all but two of the seven players withdraw their claims to the Lotto Max win and only one of the remaining two actually held a signed copy of the winning ticket when he went to the lottery corporation’s office in St Albert.

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20th June 2011

Canada Lotto Max winner comes forward

The biggest Lotto Max jackpot sold in British Columbia this year has finally been claimed. Canada’s Lotto Max winner comes forward to claim their winnings after scooping a monster $35,738,798 jackpot on Friday. The winning lottery ticket was purchased at a Chevron Town Pantry in Campbell River on Tuesday for the draw that took place on Friday and as expected, the winner did not take too long to step forward and make their claim.

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24th May 2011

• Toronto cleaner claims Lotto Max prize
• Anxious wait for Lotto Max winners
• Happy New Year for Canadian Lotto Max players
• Lotto Max Canada turns up the heat
• Lotto Max Canada head for MaxMillions
• Canadian Lotto Max winner claims his prize
• Lotto Max Canada rolling again
• Double Cash for life with the Canada Lotto
• Bumper jackpot for Lotto Max Canada
• Lotto Max Canada close to MaxMillions
• No jackpot winner for Lotto Max Canada