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48 hours before deadline, Canadian couple finds $1M lottery ticket in old bookNews Story
A Montreal couple got a double dose of good fortune after they found a $1 million lottery ticket in an old book just 48 hours before the deadline to claim. Nicole Pedneault and Roger Larocque's golden ticket was drawn on April 5, 2018, which left the pair just two days to collect their jackpot prize. The couple bought the $100 Ultimate ticket last year for Valentine's Day. Rather than flowers or chocolate for Valentine's Day, we went to the Casino de Montr al with friends and we bought
Apr 4, 2019, 11:27 am - Lottery News

Teen buys first lottery ticket on her 18th birthday and wins $1,000 a week for lifeNews Story
Charlie Lagarde was celebrating her ascent into adulthood. On her 18th birthday earlier this month, the Canadian teenager bought a bottle of sparkling wine and a $4 scratch lottery ticket at a nearby convenience store in Quebec and, just like that, her future was off to a very nice start. Loto-Qu bec officials said in a statement that after buying her first lottery ticket, Lagarde won the grand prize March 14 in the Gagnant vie (Winner for life) game. Her first major decision as an adul
Mar 29, 2018, 10:45 am - Lottery News

New law gives Québec Lottery power to shut down competitorsNews Story
Canada's major Internet service providers, a Quebec First Nations group and potentially the federal government are lining up against Quebec legislation that will lead to the blocking of gambling websites chosen by the government agency Loto-Qu bec. Under Bill 74, the new law passed last month in Quebec's National Assembly, Loto-Qu bec can ask Vid otron, Bell Canada, Cogeco Inc., Rogers Communications Inc. and other ISPs to block the sites of the agency's competitors or face fines of up to $10
Jun 2, 2016, 8:51 am - Lottery News

Quebec bill would force Internet firms to block access to online gambling sitesNews Story
A little-publicized bill that is making its way through Quebec's legislative process has digital-law experts and others worried that the concept of a free and open Internet is being threatened in the province. Bill 74 includes a provision that seeks to force Internet service providers to block Quebecers' access to online gambling sites that aren't approved by the government. The province's finance minister says the bill is necessary to protect the health and safety of Quebecers because ill
Apr 13, 2016, 12:01 pm - Lottery News

20 co-workers share largest Lotto Max jackpot everNews Story
Claudine Forget said she feared the worst when her colleague began chatting with her online this past weekend by saying: Call me it's urgent. He told me to sit down, said Forget, who works the night shift for hardware retailer Rona Inc. south of Montreal. I told him to stop. I thought something had happened to his family. Then he said we won $55 million. Forget and all but one of her co-winners graveyard shift workers who bought the Lotto Max ticket together collected their windfall
Jul 21, 2015, 9:50 am - Lottery News

Canadian man loses $27 million lottery jackpot by 7 secondsNews Story
The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed an appeal from a Quebec man who tried to claim a $27 million jackpot based on a lottery ticket printed seven seconds after the cut-off time. On Thursday, Canada's top court said it would not hear Joel Ifergan's lottery case. The SCC dismissed his request for an appeal with costs. Ifergan purchased two lottery tickets for the May 23, 2008 Super 7 draw at 8:59 p.m., one minute ahead of the weekly draw deadline. His first ticket printed with the May 2
Jan 30, 2015, 9:34 am - Lottery News

Canada lottery winner robbed, beatenNews Story
Should winners' information be published? The daughter of a Canadian lottery winner said she believes her mother was robbed and beaten because information was published about the winner. Diana Masciotra, the daughter of Evelyn Cassis of Kirkland, Quebec, asked Loto-Quebec, the Quebec lottery to stop publishing information about her mother after Cassis was attacked in her home following her $52,000 lottery win, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported Thursday. Two men wearing masks and
Oct 16, 2010, 8:17 am - Lottery News

Lottery ticket has all the numbers, but 7 seconds lateNews Story
Joel Ifergan came within seven seconds of becoming a multi-millionaire, and he's ready to go to court to claim his windfall. Mr. Ifergan bought a lottery ticket one night at 8:59 p.m., but Loto-Qu bec's computers processed and printed it only after the draw's deadline at 9 p.m. It turned out to be a winning ticket but it popped out of the machine too late. Now, Mr. Ifergan is suing Quebec's behemoth lottery corporation for $13.5 million, saying that the machine's time lag cost him his shar
Oct 8, 2008, 6:54 pm - Lottery News

2 tickets to split $45.1M Lotto 6/49 jackpotNews Story
A ticket sold in northern Ontario and one sold in Qu bec will split the $45.1 million Lotto 6/49 jackpot, tied for the second-largest draw in Canada. Each winning ticket is worth $22,572,856, the provincial gambling agency, Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLGC), said in a release Thursday. The winning numbers were pulled Wednesday night. They are 10, 18, 22, 26, 34, 38 and bonus number 39. There were 17 second prizes, worth $220,055 each. Ontario players won seven of those, OLGC sai
Aug 8, 2008, 9:18 am - Lottery News

Quebec Lottery winners' names to kept secretNews Story
As they daydreamed about winning the jackpot yesterday, some Loto-Quebec regulars were sure about one thing. No names and definitely no picture of me in the paper, said Brigitte Serpa, a waitress at the Euro Deli on St. Laurent Blvd. who spends about $40 a month on Super 7 and 6/49 tickets. Serpa, 34, said a new Loto-Quebec policy not to publicize any details about people who win more than $4 million suits her just fine. The publicity restriction comes after an alleged extortion plot
Jul 24, 2007, 11:18 pm - Lottery News