2024-03-07

LOTTO MAX, Canada’s biggest lottery game, will soon have lottery players dreaming even bigger. Starting with the September 10^th 2024 draw, players will have the chance to play for a jackpot as high as $80 million – an amount no Canadian lottery has ever reached before.

With LOTTO MAX gearing up to increase the main jackpot cap to $80 million, the game will continue to deliver big, exciting jackpots — and players will still have the chance to win MAXMILLIONS prizes when the jackpot reaches and exceeds $50 million.

The first draw allowing for the potentially bigger LOTTO MAX jackpots will be on Tuesday, September 10, 2024.

Quick facts:

·        The main LOTTO MAX jackpot will be able to grow as high as $80 million

·        Two draws a week: Tuesdays and Fridays

·        No change to the cost of play: $5 for three selections of seven numbers

·        $1 million MAXMILLIONS prizes will continue to be offered when the main jackpot reaches and exceeds $50 million

·        Numbers are selected from 1 to 50

·        The odds of winning the main jackpot remain at 1 in 33,294,800 per $5 play

·        The overall odds to win a prize remain at 1 in 7 per $5 play

When LOTTO MAX was introduced in 2009, a lottery game that offered multiple $50 million jackpots a year was unheard of in Canada. Then in 2015, the jackpot cap increased to $60 million, and then to $70 million in 2019, offering players an even bigger jackpot experience.

Media contact:

Greg Weston

greg.weston@alc.ca

506-867-5800 ext. 5569