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He won $174,361 online“Not bad, eh?”
He won $174,361 online“Not bad, eh?”
Montréal, October 26, 2020 — On October 7, Bill Petersen, a Montérégie resident, took home $174,361 playing Mega Pots Mega-X on lotoquebec.com.
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- One Wednesday morning, Bill woke up earlier than usual and immediately went to see if the Mega Pots Mega-X progressive jackpot had been won. He’d played the game the day before, hoping to win the whopping sum. Seeing that it still hadn’t been won, he tried his luck at the game again.
- In the last round of the Lucky 7 bonus, he saw three pot symbols pop up. “I screamed and ran to wake up my son. I told him, ‘You have to come see this!’” Bill had just won $174,361.
- The lucky winner told us that even though he can’t afford to stop working, his windfall will allow him to pay off debts and buy a cottage. In any case, the Montérégie resident will be celebrating his birthday on October 16 with a nice cheque! Lucky him!
COVID-19: How to claim your prize
As part of the collective effort to stop the spread of COVID-19 and protect the health and safety of its customers and employees, Loto-Québec has reopened its prize claim offices in Montréal and Quebec City by appointment only, and only for prize claims amounting to $10,000 or more. Right now, sending in your prize claim by mail is the safest and most efficient way to claim a prize amounting to less than $10,000. Prizes amounting to $600 or less can be claimed at any Loto-Québec retailer.
Please note: Owners of physical lottery tickets with an expiry date between March 17 and September 17, 2020, inclusively who’ve won a prize will have an additional six months to claim it. The payment terms for prizes won on lotoquebec.com remain the same.
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 October 19, 2020, Loto-Québec paid out 90 prizes of $1,000,000 or more to lottery winners. The Gagnant à vie and Grande Vie lotteries have provided 12 lucky winners with a lifetime annuity. Major prize winners are listed on the Winners page of the Lotteries website.
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Renaud Dugas
Senior Advisor, Media and Public Affairs
Loto-Québec
514-499-5208
renaud.dugas@loto-quebec.com