Canada's Lotto Max to increase jackpot, add drawing in May

Comment #16

iWins — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 04:47:13 GMT

I did not know that, thanks for posting

Comment #15

iWins — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 04:46:23 GMT

What an amount! Now to win it. The odds aren t that great for these lotteries. Now I know why so many people go years without winning. Some never win at all. I guess we all have to make our little investments somewhere.

Comment #14

CDanaT — Thu, 04 Apr 2019 16:10:40 GMT

I was looking in general and those quotes I provided were from 3 different websites. I was not on an official fact finding mission. More out of curiosity on why a lottery ticket costs $5 each. Then how the odds went up that no website article I viewed explained until Lottobux passed along the new odds numbers.

Comment #13

music* — Thu, 04 Apr 2019 15:50:48 GMT

No follow-up story. Craig Hemshaw may have learned his lessons about publicity after experiencing the need and greed of others. It is so easy to go public and do the interview and photo shoot. Effort is required to be safe.

Canadian winners cannot claim anonymously. That is what I learned so far.

You would think that after that boy in Australia was kidnapped and murdered the Canadian lottery would grant anonymity if chosen by they winner/s. Britain does. How many deaths will it take to

Comment #12

Todd — Thu, 04 Apr 2019 14:21:40 GMT

You do realize that website is just some hobbyist's personal website, right? It is not official by any stretch.

Comment #11

Elizabeth03 — Thu, 04 Apr 2019 10:11:02 GMT

I play the lotto max, it is costly, and the odd's are way too high! But i give it a try weekly, hoping to win, a good prize with it

Comment #10

Stack47 — Thu, 04 Apr 2019 04:40:25 GMT

Do you have a follow-up story or should we assume Hemshaw is still in hiding

Comment #9

music* — Thu, 04 Apr 2019 03:54:41 GMT

I found the following story at Lottery post.com/news/245940 Lottery winner recounts harassment after claiming prize.

Craig Henshaw won $21.4 million Canadian on 9 - 27 - 2011

The Star ran this story. 5/08/2012

Your life will change after winning.

Comment #8

Stack47 — Wed, 03 Apr 2019 20:37:29 GMT

Maybe MUSL will copy Lotto Max and say their MM $3 jackpot only option as has odds of 150 million to 1. About a quarter of the way down the how to play Lotto Max page it suggests group play, pool your funds with co-workers . Had to chuckle because pooling didn't work out very well for another BC group of co-workers.

Be nice if MUSL had a jackpot game that capped the top prize and rolled the excess when the jackpot isn't won. Doubt that will every happen because it's obvious players want $1/2... [ More ]

Comment #7

LottoBux — Wed, 03 Apr 2019 18:08:17 GMT

https://lottery.olg.ca/en-ca/help/about-lotteries-tickets-and-lotto-games/lotto-max

I'm Sure This Will Be Updated On The Website Eventually To Accomodate The Tuesday Draws

14. WHEN ARE DRAWS HELD AND HOW ARE THE NUMBERS DRAWN? WHEN CAN I BUY A TICKET FOR THE FOLLOWING DRAW?

LOTTO MAX tickets go on sale on the Saturday morning following each Friday night draw.

Draws are held weekly on Friday night with tickets sold up until 10.30 p.m. EST on draw nights.

On each draw date, the Int... [ More ]

Comment #6

noise-gate — Wed, 03 Apr 2019 17:48:33 GMT

What l (love) about the Canadian lottery, is that their lottery winners, winnings are NOT taxed. The interest on their winnings are subject to taxation though. Uncle Sam could learn a lesson from our neighbors up north.

Comment #5

CDanaT — Wed, 03 Apr 2019 16:59:19 GMT

Thanks LottoBux.... 7/50 clears up everything...appreciate the info. Is your lottery drawn with a RNG or Ping Pong balls

Comment #4

LottoBux — Wed, 03 Apr 2019 16:20:11 GMT

https://lottery.olg.ca/en-ca/lotto-games/lotto-max/how-to-play-lotto-max#lottomax-howto

You Can Only Choose 1 Self Pick For Every $5 Play.

On a LOTTO MAX Selection Slip, mark seven numbers from 1 to 49 that you want to play.

For each set of numbers played, the lottery terminal will generate two additional sets of numbers chosen.

LOTTO MAX draws will be moving to two draws a week. A Tuesday draw will be added in addition to the current Friday draw.

The new jackpot cap wil... [ More ]

Comment #3

CDanaT — Wed, 03 Apr 2019 15:47:00 GMT

The part of having 7 numbers to win the jackpot got me a bit curious. So in my research I found this out about the game;

So you need to match 7 to win the jackpot. That immediately gives some pretty tough odds. But strangely for a lottery game you are forced to buy more than one entry! The ticket price is actually $5 but for this you get 3 picks. The odds of one of your entries hitting the jackpot are pretty much 1 in 86 million for a 7 from 49 draw. But odds are brought down to at least 1 i... [ More ]

Comment #2

music* — Wed, 03 Apr 2019 14:16:44 GMT

Many Canadians will be happy with this good news. The price remains at five Canadian dollars.

Comment #1

Bleudog101 — Wed, 03 Apr 2019 12:57:52 GMT

The thing that I liked the most was besides adding another drawing, increasing the cap and two new prize categories that the price remains the same.

Canada's Lotto Max to increase jackpot, add drawing in May

Lottery Post — Wed, 03 Apr 2019 12:35:53 GMT

Canadians will soon have a chance to win a bigger lottery jackpot and twice as often.

Come May 2019, the Lotto Max jackpot cap is increasing to $70 million, up from the current $60 million.

Also, beginning May 11, 2019, Canadians will be able to play Lotto Max every Tuesday, in addition to the existing Friday draw.

The Western Canada Lottery Corporation (WCLC) said the second draw every week means lottery players will see jackpots grow more quickly than ever before.

The WCLC also sai... [ More ]