Press release
Lotto 6/49Loto-Québec is looking for four millionaires!
Lotto 6/49Loto-Québec is looking for four millionaires!
The tickets were purchased in the Laurentians, Mauricie, Montréal and Montérégie areas.
Montréal, July 26, 2016 – If you recently bought a Lotto 6/49 or Lotto Max ticket, or if you said yes to Extra, check your ticket now, as Loto-Québec is looking for four ticket holders who won $1,000,000 each. The lucky tickets were purchased in the Laurentides, Mauricie, Montréal and Montérégie regions.
About the unclaimed prizes
Product name: Extra
Draw date: January 27, 2016
Unclaimed amount: $1,000,000
Administrative region: Laurentides
Winning number: 1310854
Claim deadline: January 26, 2017
Product name: Lotto 6/49
Draw date: February 27, 2016
Unclaimed amount: $1,000,000
Administrative region: Mauricie
Winning number: 67935615-01
Claim deadline: February 27, 2017
Product name: Lotto 6/49
Draw date: March 19, 2016
Unclaimed amount: $1,000,000
Administrative region: Montréal
Winning number: 72556217-04
Claim deadline: March 20, 2017
Product name: Lotto Max
Draw date: June 17, 2016
Unclaimed amount: $1,000,000
Administrative region: Montérégie
Winning number: 17-18-24-29-33-34-49
Claim deadline: June 19, 2017
How to claim a prize
• Customers may have their ticket validated by one of 8,500 retailers or check it using the Lotteries application for smartphones and tablets.
• Winning ticket holders must contact Loto-Québec’s customer service at 1-866-611-5686 to make an appointment to claim their prize at a Loto-Québec Winner’s Payout Centre, either at the head office in Montréal, Québec City office, Québec or Trois-Rivières gaming hall, Casino de Montréal, Casino du Lac-Leamy, Casino de Charlevoix or Casino de Mont-Tremblant by 4:30 p.m. within one year of the draw date.
Unclaimed prizes: More information
• Loto Québec systematically informs lottery ticket buyers when a $1 million or more prize has not been claimed.
• When such a prize is not claimed within approximately one month of the draw, Loto-Québec issues a first press release.
• If the prize remains unclaimed, other press releases are issued as needed before the claim deadline.
• In addition, a page listing unclaimed prizes worth $1 million or more is displayed on Loto-Québec’s Lotteries website.
• Any unclaimed prizes are redistributed to players in the form of bonus prizes and special draws.
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.
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Patrice Lavoie
Corporate Director, Public Affairs, Press Relations and Social Media
Loto-Québec
514-499-5130
patrice.lavoie@loto-quebec.com
twitter.com/patricelavoie
Marilyne Desrochers
Communications Advisor
Loto-Québec
514-499-7114
marilyne.desrochers@loto-quebec.com