$50m Canada Lotto Max Win Drives Sales
The recent tale of an Oshawa, Ontario couple who snagged a $50 million Lotto Max jackpot from last Friday's draw has prompted a huge increase in lotto ticket sales for the draw this week.
This week's Lotto Max draw boasts an estimated $21 million jackpot, and players are rushing to purchase tickets as a result, in the hope of winning instant riches beyond their wildest dreams.
Don and Linda Ingram picked up their massive $50 million cheque yesterday, telling the gathered reporters that they would be retiring from their jobs as cooks in a local restaurant, thanks to their whopping windfall.
After buying their ticket for last week's Lotto Max draw, Linda checked their numbers at a local convenience store early Saturday morning.
After realizing that she was the lucky Lotto Max jackpot winner, she ran home to tell her husband who was still fast asleep. Recounting how she broke the news, she recalled yelling: "Don, wake up, wake up, get up, get up, we've just won $50 million!"
"And he's like 'what?'" she said.
After he woke up, her husband replied: "Shut up and prove it to me!"
The couple, who have only being playing Lotto Max for a couple of weeks, are still trying to absorb the implications of their incredible win.
News of the couple's Canada Lotto Max win and the publication of their identities has greatly bolstered sales of Lotto Max, as lottery fans from across Canada are eager to get their own hands on this week's jackpot.
$21 Million Lotto Max Jackpot to be Won
This week's Lotto Max jackpot draw will take place on Friday evening and the estimated jackpot is a whopping $21 million.
Last week's $50 million jackpot winners were joined by seventeen Maxmillions winners, who also walked away instant millionaires, each scooping a cool $1 million prize.
Maxmillions are additional $1 million prizes that are drawn when the Lotto Max jackpot reaches the big Five O (million!) These draws are separate from the main jackpot draw and players need to match all seven of the seven numbers drawn for that Maxmillions draw. For each draw, seven numbers are drawn from one to 49.
The cost of a Lotto Max play for three sets of numbers is just $5 - not a bad price to pay to put yourself in line to win such a life-changing sum of cash!
Purchase your Canadian Lotto Max tickets as well as other lottery tickets at participating retailers today.
