Win $10 Million Lotto Max Jackpot
Tonight's Lotto Max lottery draw in Canada has an estimated jackpot of $10 million up-for-grabs, and players still have time to head off and purchase their tickets before 8 pm CT.
The Lotto Max is one of Western Canada Lottery Corporation's most popular lotteries and regularly reaches incredibly high sums.
The jackpots begin at $10 million and grow to $50 million. Once the jackpot exceeds $50 million, additional MaxMillions draws occur. The main jackpot remains at $50 million, and an additional set of winning numbers is draw for each extra $1 million in the jackpot category.
To win WCLC's $10 million Lotto Max jackpot, players pay $5 to receive 3 x seven-number selections. Players select one set of numbers, while the ticket terminal selects the other two.
For an extra $1 per player, players can add Friday's EXTRA to put themselves in line to win the $250,000 top prize or the $100,000 second prize.
Draws for the Lotto Max are held every Friday and tickets can be bought until 8 pm CT, 7 pm MT and 6 pm PT on Friday evenings.
The odds of winning or sharing the jackpot of at least $10 million are currently 1: 28,633,528, a fact which doesn't seem to bother players, judging by the high number of Lotto Max tickets sold each week.
The odds of winning a prize in the Lotto Max draw is 1:8.
Lotto Max $1m Ticket Due to Expire
In the meantime, the WCLC is seeking the owner of a $1 million Lotto Max ticket that is due to expire in just over a week.
The MaxMillions ticket was purchased in Calgary on February 25th, 2011 and had the winning numbers 2, 12, 31, 34, 45, 48 and 49, but it remains unclaimed.
A spokeswoman for the WCLC, Andrea Marantz said: "In terms of jackpots, it's rare [that a jackpot goes unclaimed].
She urged players to check their old lottery tickets again. "We all know that lotteries, by their very nature, have long odds so people think they can forget about their ticket," she noted. "If it's in your pocket, your purse, check. You might be really sorry if you didn't. All lottery tickets do expire and if you come across it late, it's not worth anything anymore."
The largest lottery ticket that went unclaimed in Canada was a prize from June 2006, with the staggering sum of $14.9 million!
All unclaimed cash is rolled into future jackpots.
