Press release

Montréal, June 21, 2019 – Yannick Martel and Vanessa Marcoux are feeling lucky in love and in life. The Lanaudière couple won the $1 million grand prize in the June 10 draw after saying yes to Extra only three weeks after tying the knot.

In summary

• Lottery: Extra
• Prize: $1,000,000
• Category: Grand prize
• Draw date: June 10, 2019
• Winners’ place of residence: Lanaudière
• Retailer: Dépanneur P.L. Dumais (241 Du Sacré-Cœur Street, Charlemagne)
• Claim centre: Loto-Québec head office, Montréal

Highlights

• Every Monday, Yannick buys lottery tickets for the week for Vanessa and himself. He then uses the Lotteries mobile app to see if any of them are winners.

• Just before a work dinner, he learned that he and his wife had won the grand prize in the Extra draw. He had added Extra to his Grande Vie lottery ticket.

• Yannick immediately sent a screenshot to Vanessa, but she thought it was a joke.

• He rushed home right after dinner to show the ticket to his wife, but she still didn’t know what to think.

• It wasn’t until they were at Loto-Québec’s winners’ lounge that their good fortune truly sank in.

• The newlyweds plan to use their winnings to splurge on a safari holiday.

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. Between January 1 and June 18, 2019, Loto-Québec paid out 39 prizes worth $1 million or more, turning 43 people into millionaires. The Gagnant à vie and Grande Vie lotteries have provided 13 lucky winners with a lifetime annuity. Winners of major prizes are listed on the Winners page of the Lotteries website.