Press release

Montréal, January 16, 2024 — Laurentides lottery players were especially lucky in 2023. They won eight prizes of $1,000,000 or more, in addition to 25 prizes of $100,000 or more and 118 prizes of $25,000 or more.

VIDEO | Here are some of the winners who claimed a prize in 2023: https://youtu.be/kRJrO5oDUdw?si=NThq-Xa4UZtot6bY.

A lucky end to the year for many Laurentides residents

• Just before the holidays, a family won the year’s largest jackpot in the region. Nancy Gauthier, Jeannette Boisvert and Gilles Larouche pocketed the Lotto Max $50,000,000 jackpot in the December 15 draw. The winning ticket had been purchased at the Couche-Tard at 508 Boulevard Saint-Anne in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines.

• That very same weekend, another Laurentides resident, Denise Drysdelle Cyr, won the Québec 49 $2,000,000 top prize in the December 16 draw. She had purchased her winning ticket on lotoquebec.com. The grandmother of seven plans to use her windfall to spoil her family.

• Laurentides resident Gelu Tugui had taken home the $1,000,000 top prize with Extra in November. The ticket won in the November 4 draw and had been purchased at Dépanneur Voisin de la Gare in Deux-Montagnes.