Press release

Montréal, June 15, 2017 – Outaouais resident Jennyfer Carrière-Prévost purchased a Gagnant à vie! ticket that won her a grand prize: a lifetime annuity of $1,000 a week for life!

Summary

• Lottery: Gagnant à vie!
• Prize won: $1,000 a week for life
• Draw date: June 12, 2017
• Winner’s place of residence: Outaouais
• Retailer: Ultramar (IGA Extra (455 Boulevard Greber, Gatineau)
• The retailer will receive a prize of $6,750, 1% of the lump sum.
• Claim centre: Loto-Québec’s head offices in Montréal

Highlights

• Ms. Carrière-Prévost receives a lottery ticket as a gift and wins $5.
• She decides to reinvest $4 in the purchase of a Gagnant à vie! ticket, her mother’s favourite lottery.
• She uses the dollar coin leftover to scratch the ticket.
• As soon as she began uncovering the first boxes, she finds the “VIE” symbols.
• She can’t believe her eyes and begins to read the instructions on the back of the ticket.
• She realizes that she had in fact won a lifetime annuity of $1,000 a week for 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 June 13, 2017, Loto-Québec has awarded 67 prizes worth $1 million or more, for a total of 83 new millionaires. Thanks to the lotteries Gagnant à vie! and Grande Vie, 17 lucky winners walked away with a lifetime annuity or a lump sum.