Press release

Montréal, August 15, 2017 – Québec City residents Gina-Lita Therrien and Yvon Turgeon won $6,437,793 at the Lotto 6/49 draw of August 12. The couple shares the $12,875,586 jackpot with a winning ticket holder from Ontario.

Summary

• Lottery: Lotto 6/49
• Prize won: $6,437,793 
• Category: Jackpot
• Draw date: August 12, 2017
• Winner’s place of residence: Québec
• Retailer: Couche-Tard (610 Boulevard Pierre-Bertrand, Québec)
• The retailer will receive a 1% prize of $64,377.
• Claim centre: Loto-Québec’s Québec City office

Highlights

• Ms. Therrien is an early-riser. At around 5:30 a.m., she checked her Lotto 6/49 ticket.
• She had carefully chosen her numbers and knew them by heart.
• Everything went blurry and surreal when she realized that the numbers on the screen were the same as the ones on her ticket.
• She immediately went to her husband, Yvon, and said: “Wake up! I think we won the lottery!”
• He went to the convenience store and confirmed that they had actually won the jackpot.
• Ms. Therrien kept saying: “Are you sure we won? Are you sure we won?”
• When he arrived at Loto-Québec, everything still seemed unreal for the couple: “When the assistant at the counter confirmed our win, we felt like we were on a cloud!” confided Ms. Therrien.
• Ms. Therrien has several ideas of what to do with their new-found fortune including going back to school to study languages, continuing to work just to splurge every paycheck, begin a creative project with her spouse.
• The couple had already planned a week’s vacation: “The timing is perfect. We’ll be able to take some time to let the dust settle and take in all that this big win means,” said Ms. Therrien.

Quote

• “With this big win, we now have the freedom to make all our own choices in life!”

Lottery prize payments in gaming establishments

Lottery winners may claim their prizes at the Trois-Rivières and Québec City gaming halls, Loto-Québec’s Montréal and Québec City offices, or at the Casino de Montréal, Casino du Lac-Leamy, Casino de Charlevoix or Casino de Mont-Tremblant. See details on Loto-Québec’s website.

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 August 15, 2017, Loto-Québec has awarded 76 prizes worth $1 million or more, for a total of 92 new millionaires. Lotteries Gagnant à vie! and Grande Vie enabled 11 and 10 lucky winners respectively to walk away with a lifetime annuity or a lump sum.