Record lottery jackpot spurs brisk sales
Grand prize of $50M, plus 45 $1M prizes
Last Updated: Friday, June 18, 2010 | 11:22 PM ET
CBC News
The largest lottery prize pool in Canadian history will be up for grabs in Friday night's Lotto Max draw.
The $95 million that could be won includes a jackpot of $50 million. In addition, there will be 45 separate MaxMillions draws for prizes of $1 million each.
A Lotto Max ticket gives the buyer a chance to win the jackpot or any of the MaxMillions prizes.
Because so many draws will be made, lottery officials say the winning numbers might not be posted until 5 a.m. ET Saturday.
The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. reports sales across the country are up almost 40 per cent from last week.
The odds of anyone winning the jackpot are said to be one in 28 million.
If no ticket wins the $50 million jackpot, that amount will be offered in the next draw on June 25, along with any MaxMillions prizes that are not won.
If the jackpot is won, but not all the $1-million prizes are claimed, they will be added to the next jackpot, which resets to $10 million.
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