Lotto Max - wikipedia Lotto Max Lotto Max logo Lotto Max is a Canadian lottery game coordinated by the Interprovincial Lottery Corporation, as one of the country 's three national lottery games. Introduced on September 19, 2009, with its first draw occurring on September 25, 2009, the game replaced Lotto Super 7. Lotto Max drawings are held every Friday. Lotto Max is played similarly to its predecessor, with players selecting seven numbers from a field of 49. A single board costs $5, and each purchased board also includes two additional quick picks. The main drawing features a jackpot prize starting at CDN $10 million. After the jackpot reaches at least $50 million, additional drawings are held for auxiliary `` MaxMillions '' prizes of $1 million each. MaxMillions prizes are carried over until they are won, and additional MaxMillions prizes are added for each week a main jackpot of at least $50 million is not won. Initially capped at $50 million, the main jackpot is capped at $60 million as of the July 17, 2015 draw. Once a jackpot is won, unclaimed MaxMillions prizes, if any, are placed in the main jackpot on top of the $10 million minimum. As with all Canadian lottery jackpot games, winners receive their prizes in a tax - free lump sum. The launch of Lotto Max was successful, attracting higher revenue in its first 10 months of operation than Super 7 did in its best year of sales. A representative of OLG attributed Lotto Max 's popularity to the size of its total prize pools ( which approach the larger jackpots seen in U.S. lotteries ), and the perception of consumers that the MaxMillions system increased the probability that they could win a major prize. Contents 1 Organization 2 Prize structure 3 Largest draws 3.1 Main prize 3.2 Prize pool 4 References 5 External links Organization The Lotto Max game is administered by the Interprovincial Lottery Corporation, an alliance of the five regional lottery corporations in Canada. Each of these corporations operate a regional add - on games that, for an extra $1 each, can be added to a Lotto Max ticket. This `` spiel '' game ( named `` Tag '', `` Encore '' or `` Extra '' depending on the region ), adds a 6 - or 7 - digit number to the ticket with a top prize of $100,000 if all six digits are matched or $250,000 to $1,000,000 depending on the region for a seven - number match ( $1,000,000 in Ontario and Quebec ; $250,000 in the Western Canada region of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and the territories ). Similarly to Lotto 6 / 49, Loto - Québec and the Western Canada Lottery Corporation also run local versions of Lotto Max, known as Max Quebec and Western Max respectively. These draws are held on the same night as each Lotto Max draw and have similar payouts, but with a fixed jackpot of $2,000,000, and additional drawings for a pool of 7 ( Quebec ) or 10 ( Western ) $1,000,000 prizes on each draw, similarly to MaxMillions. Prize structure Match Prize Chance of Winning on a C $5 play. 7 / 7 Jackpot Win or share of 89.25 % of Pools Fund 1 in 28,633,528 6 / 7 + bonus number Win or share of 3.15 % of Pools Fund 1 in 4,090,506.5 6 / 7 Win or share of 3.35 % of Pools Fund 1 in 99,768.7 5 / 7 Share of 4.25 % of Pools Fund 1 in 1,583.96 4 / 7 C $20.00 1 in 71.60 3 / 7 + bonus number C $20.00 1 in 77.08 3 / 7 Free Play 1 in 8.421 MaxMillions ( 7 of 7 ) ( exact match only ) Win or share C $1 million each set drawn 1 in 28,633,528. When applicable. The 6 + / 7 pool swells with a $60 million capped jackpot as excess funds not used toward a MaxMillions prize goes into this pool. When a capped jackpot is won, the MaxMillions prizes not won go towards the next jackpot cycle, often resulting in a starting jackpot above $10 million. Largest draws Main prize The July 17, 2015 drawing was the first held under new rules allowing the main jackpot to exceed $50 million. The $55 million prize was won by a group of 20 employees of a Rona store in Quebec. At the time, it was the second - largest lottery jackpot in Canadian history, behind a $63.4 million Lotto 6 / 49 drawing in 2013. The first ever Lotto Max drawing for $60 million occurred September 25, 2015, with a single winning ticket sold in Brampton, Ontario. Prize pool The July 6, 2012 drawing was the first to offer a major prize pool ( for matching all 7 numbers exactly ) of $100 million, with a $50 million jackpot and 50 of the $1 million MaxMillions prizes. Three consecutive weeks of rollovers fuelled the large payout, which marked the largest Lotto Max drawing under the previous caps. This combination of a $50 million jackpot and 50 of the $1 million MaxMillions prizes, totalling $100 million in main prizes, has been replicated on other occasions, including June 2015. With the increase of the main jackpot 's cap to $60 million, a new record was established on the August 12, 2016 draw with a $60 million jackpot and 42 MaxMillions prizes, totalling $102 million in main prizes. The jackpot had rolled over for eight consecutive weeks, fuelling the new prize pool record. This record was repeated on the January 6, 2017 draw. The record has been surpassed since the May 25, 2018 draw, which had a prize pool of $106 million ( 46 MaxMillions ). There was no jackpot winner, but 21 MaxMillions prizes were won. The subsequent June 1, 2018 draw had 50 MaxMillions prizes, totalling $110 million in prizes. The jackpot remained unclaimed once more, but 33 of the MaxMillions prizes were won. The June 8, 2018 draw will have 52 MaxMillions prizes. References ^ Jump up to : `` LOTTO MAX NEW $60 M JACKPOT CAP '' ( PDF ). BCLC. Retrieved 16 July 2015. Jump up ^ `` Lotto Max more popular than Super 7 ''. CBC News. Retrieved 16 July 2015. Jump up ^ `` WCLC LOTTO MAX ''. Retrieved December 21, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Lotto Max game description ''. Western Canada Lottery Corporation. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 08. Jump up ^ `` 4 winning tickets sold for $63.4 M lotto jackpot ''. CBC News. The Canadian Press. 13 April 2013. Retrieved 2013 - 04 - 14. Jump up ^ `` 20 Rona employees in Quebec share $55 - million jackpot ''. Canadian Press. Retrieved 22 July 2015. Jump up ^ `` Largest Lotto Max jackpot in Canadian history up for grabs ''. CBC Calgary. Retrieved 26 September 2015. Jump up ^ `` One winning ticket was sold in Ontario ''. CTV News. Bell Media. Retrieved 28 September 2015. Jump up ^ Austin, Ian ( 2012 - 07 - 06 ). `` Largest prize total in Lotto Max history to be drawn Friday ''. Edmonton Journal. Retrieved 2012 - 07 - 20. Jump up ^ `` Winning ticket for $50 M Lotto Max jackpot sold in Quebec ''. CBC News. 2012 - 07 - 07. Retrieved 2012 - 07 - 20. Jump up ^ Passifiume, Bryan ( 2015 - 06 - 06 ). `` Calgary Takes Home Share of Record $100 Million ''. Calgary Sun. Retrieved 2017 - 01 - 04. ^ Jump up to : Slattery, Jill ( 2016 - 08 - 12 ). `` Lotto Max Jackpot could Handout Over $100 Million ''. Global News. Retrieved 2017 - 01 - 04. Jump up ^ `` 1 winner for $60 million Lotto Max jackpot, 22 tickets win Maxmillions ''. Global News. Canadian Press. 2017 - 01 - 07. Retrieved 2017 - 01 - 08. Jump up ^ `` No winning ticket for Friday night 's $60 million Lotto max jackpot ''. CTV News. Canadian Press. 2018 - 06 - 02. Retrieved 2018 - 06 - 03. Jump up ^ `` No winning ticket for Friday night 's $60 million Lotto Max jackpot ''. CTV News. 2018 - 05 - 26. Retrieved 2018 - 05 - 27. External links Official website Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lotto_Max&oldid=844184489 '' Categories : 2009 establishments in Canada Games and sports introduced in 2009 Lotteries in Canada Hidden categories : Official website not in Wikidata Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 3 June 2018, at 06 : 25 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

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