Press release

LOTTO MAX, Canada’s biggest lottery game, will soon have lottery players dreaming even bigger. Starting for the draw on Tuesday, September 10, 2024, players will have the chance to play for a jackpot as high as $80 million – an amount no Canadian lottery has ever reached before.

With LOTTO MAX gearing up to increase the main jackpot cap to $80 million, the game will continue to deliver big, exciting jackpots — and players will still have the chance to win MAXMILLIONS prizes when the jackpot reaches and exceeds $50 million.

Quick facts about Lotto Max:

• Two draws a week: Tuesdays and Fridays
• No change to the cost of play: $5 for three selections of seven numbers
• $1 million MAXMILLIONS prizes will continue to be offered when the main jackpot reaches and exceeds $50 million
• Numbers are selected from 1 to 50

• The odds of winning the main jackpot remain at 1 in 33,294,800

• The overall odds to win a prize remain at 1 in 7

When LOTTO MAX was introduced in 2009, a lottery game that offered multiple $50 million jackpots a year was unheard of in Canada. Then in 2015, the jackpot cap increased to $60 million, and then to $70 million in 2019, offering players an even bigger jackpot experience.