Press release
Gagnant à vieThe youngest winner of $1,000 a week for life!
Gagnant à vieThe youngest winner of $1,000 a week for life!
Montréal, February 17, 2017 – Maxime Sanschagrin starts adult life with a bang. This Capitale-Nationale resident won a grand prize of $1,000 a week for life at the lottery Gagnant à vie! The lucky young man has not yet decided between the lifetime annuity or the lump sum of $675,000.
Summary
• Lottery: Gagnant à vie!
• Prize won: $1,000 a week for life or $675,000
• Claim date: February 17, 2017
• Winners’ place of residence: Capitale-Nationale
• Retailer: Dépanneur du coin (4459 Route de Fossambault, Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier)
• The retailer will receive $6,750, the equivalent of 1% of the lump sum prize.
• Claim centre: Loto-Québec’s Québec City office
Highlights
• Mr. Sanschagrin life changed forever when he purchased a Gagnant à vie! ticket during a break at work.
• As soon as he finished scratching his ticket and realized that he had won the grand prize, he called his mother and simply said “Come quick!”
• A bit worried, the young man’s mother thought he must have had an accident, and rushed to his work place. That’s when he validated the ticket, in her presence.
• The winner is currently pondering all the projects he can undertake and dreams he can make come true thanks to his good fortune.
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• “It’s unreal!” exclaimed Mr. Sanschagrin, still in shock at winning the grand prize.à
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 31, 2016, a record 104 prizes worth $1 million or more were won in Québec.
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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
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Danny Racine
Communications Advisor
Loto-Québec
514-499-7101
danny.racine@loto-quebec.com