Press release

Montréal, December 15, 2016 – Twenty-four co-workers share in a million-dollar prize won at the December 3 Lotto 6/49 draw.

Summary
• Lottery: Lotto 6/49
• Prize won: $1,000,000
• Category: Guaranteed Prize
• Draw date: December 3, 2016
• Winner’s place of residence: Lanaudière, Laurentides, Laval, Montérégie and Montréal
• Retailer: Dépanneur Alisoir (6618 Rue de Marseille, Montréal)
• The retailer will receive a $10,000 commission, equal to 1% of the prize.
• Claim centre: Loto-Québec headquarters in Montréal

The winners are:
• Sheri Aberback, Montréal
• Yves Patrice Beaudin, Montréal
• Maxine Bédard, Montréal
• Yvan Bouchard, Montérégie
• Lyse Boucher, Montréal
• Sidney Chevalier, Montréal
• Valérie Dufour, Laval
• Stéphane Duquette, Montréal
• Gaétane Esculier Morel, Montérégie
• Amélie Gascon, Montréal
• Denis Hamel, Montréal
• Brigitte Labelle, Montréal
• Frédéric Lachance, Montérégie
• Jean-Philippe Langevin, Montréal
• Martine Lessard, Lanaudière
• Chantal Letendre, Laurentides
• Pierre Marchand, Montérégie
• Nicole Marchand Clément, Montérégie
• Nathalie Ouellet, Montérégie
• Benoît Ouimet, Laurentides
• Anna-Maria Pacitto, Montérégie
• Marie Arlene Ramasamy, Montérégie
• Carl Howard Sazant, Montréal
• Robert Takash, Laurentides

Highlights
• Ms. Bédard is in charge of a group of 24 co-workers who have been playing the lottery together for nearly 15 years.
• The members of this group have been playing the same numbers for a long time and have no intention of stopping.
• She checked the tickets the day after the draw before going to work. She went to a retailer’s self-serve ticket checker as she left the Métro.
• She was surprised to see all the zeros on the display! Unsure of what she was seeing, she aked the store clerk to check again.
• When she arrived at work, she didn’t even take off her coat before going to see her co-workers to tell them the good news!
• The lucky winners all intend to enjoy the holidays!

Quote
• “I thought my heart was going to leap from my chest” exclaimed Ms. Bédard when she saw her winnings.

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 13, 2016, Loto-Québec paid out 93 prizes worth $1 million or more.