Press release

Montréal, December 8, 2016 – December gets off to a roaring start in Québec with two Lotto 6/49 jackpot wins in as many draws. The winning ticket was purchased in Vaudreuil-Dorion. That’s a nifty sum of $5,000,000 prize, just in time for Christmas!
Last week, four prizes of a million dollars or more were won in Québec at draws held on Saturday, December 3:
• Half of the Lotto 6/49 jackpot ($12.37M): ticket purchased in the Outaouais region (winner still unknown)
• Lotto 6/49 Guaranteed Prize ($1M): ticket purchased in Montréal
• Québec 49 grand prize ($2M): ticket purchased in Sherbrooke (winner still unknown)
• Extra (1 M$) : ticket purchased in the Montérégie region

Quotes
• “Québec residents have been quite lucky over the past month, raking in 75% of all of Canada’s Lotto 6/49 jackpots despite only 22% of the market share going to Loto-Québec,” stated Richard Trudel, Director of Draws and Customer Service at Loto-Québec.
• “We are thrilled for the new millionaires and hope to welcome them soon!” he added.

Claiming lottery prizes in gaming establishments
Lottery prizes may now be claimed at the gaming halls in Trois-Rivières and Québec City as well as at Loto-Québec’s offices in Montréal and Québec City. The same service is available at the Casino de Montréal, the Casino du Lac-Leamy, the Casino de Charlevoix and the Casino de Mont-Tremblant. For more information, see the Loto-Québec website page at loteries.lotoquebec.com/en/winners/you-have-won.

About Loto-Québec
Loto-Québec’s mission is to responsibly and efficiently manage games of chance in a controlled and measured fashion, in the interest of all Quebecers. Entertainment is at the heart of its activities. From January 1 to December 6, 2016, Loto-Québec paid out 88 prizes worth $1 million or more.