Press release

Montréal, December 29, 2016 – Winner of a Lotto 6/49 guaranteed prize of $1,000,000 on December 14, Montréal resident Marie-France Tanguay came to claim her prize on her birthday!

Summary
• Lottery: Lotto 6/49
• Prize won: $1,000,000
• Category: Guaranteed Prize
• Draw date: December 14, 2016
• Winner’s place of residence: Montréal
• Retailer: Maxi (8917 Rue Remembrance, Lachine)
• The retailer will receive a 1% prize of $10,000.
• Claim centre: Loto-Québec headquarters in Montréal

Highlights
• Ms. Tanguay received quite the birthday present at the winners’ lounge when she collected her cheque for $1,000,000!
• “I was all shakes” said the winner, thinking she had seen a $1,000 prize displayed on the self-serve ticket checker.
• When her spouse caught a glimpse of the display, he calmly said, “You didn’t win a thousand dollars, you won a million!”
• An astonished Ms. Tanguay went to the terminal to have her ticket validated, where her good fortune was confirmed. “I began to cry tears of joy, remembers the winner,” still emotional about the moment.
• Ms. Tanguay declares that she is a blessed woman and that she already has everything she could want. She plans on taking advantage of life to the fullest alongside her spouse who will now be able to work less.

A wave of winners in Québec
• Quebecers have been particularly lucky at the lottery of late. In just two weeks, three Lotto 6/49 jackpots were won in Québec: one for 5 million in Montérégie, and one for 4.9 million won in Montréal, and this one for 12.4 million.
• Let’s hope that the lucky streak continues as we approach the Lotto Max jackpot of $60 million plus 30 Maxmillions this Friday, December 30. On the following day, Lotto 6/49 will be offering 11 Guaranteed Prizes of one million dollars each in addition to the jackpot.

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 28, 2016, Loto-Québec paid out 97 prizes worth $1 million or more.