Press release

Montréal, March 15, 2018 – On March 4, Montérégie resident Valerie Willis pocketed $100,000 at Viva Scratch Vegas on Loto-Québec’s online gaming website, lotoquebec.com.

Summary

• Game: Viva Scratch Vegas
• Prize won: $100,000
• Date of win: March 4, 2018
• Winner’s place of residence: Montérégie
• Date and claim centre: March 7, 2018 at Loto-Québec’s headquarters in Montréal

Highlights

• Since signing up on lotoquebec.com in July, Ms. Willis has mostly been purchasing her lottery tickets from there.
• Having the annoying habit of losing her tickets, she has been buying her tickets online not to have to worry about this anymore.
• This Montérégie resident is especially fond of scratch tickets, and it was playing the Viva Scratch Vegas online that she won $100,000.
• She immediately called her husband, who had just left work, to share the good news. She could hardly speak she was so excited.
• She plans to invest part of her winnings, go on a cruise with her husband and maybe even buy her first house.

Quotes

• “I burst into tears!”
• “It’s unreal!”

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. All details are on the You’ve won? page of the Lotteries site.

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. In 2017, Loto-Québec paid out 107 prizes worth $1 million or more and created 132 millionaires. Gagnant à vie! and Grande Vie lotteries have provided 29 lucky winners with a lifetime annuity.