Press release

Montréal, October 31, 2024 — A few days before Halloween, Richard Plante got a surprise that was far from being scary: A Loto-Québec representative informed him that he’d won the Grande Vie jackpot of $1,000 a day for life! The Lanaudière resident took home the lifetime annuity with a ticket purchased on lotoquebec.com for the October 28 draw. He celebrated receiving his prize at a press conference at the Loto-Québec head office on Halloween.

Highlights

• Plante regularly plays Grande Vie on his phone.
• Since he bought his ticket online, Plante received a call from a Loto-Québec representative the day after the draw urging him to check his results on lotoquebec.com. “Wow! $1,000 a day!? It’s unreal!” said the lucky winner.
• He told us he’d hoped to win the Grande Vie $25,000 lifetime annuity someday but never expected to win the top prize of $1,000 a day for life. “Let’s just say my projects will be bigger!” he quipped.
• Plante then called his spouse at work to share the news. “She couldn’t believe it when I told her the amount. I suggested she leave work early!”
• Before retiring in 2018, Plante worked as an operator at a Montréal brewery.
• He plans to use his windfall to spoil his spouse of 40 years and encourage her to retire early.

“Québec lottery players had a very lucky fall. They won several major prizes recently. The Grande Vie top prize was awarded in Québec three times in 2024,” says Isabelle Jean, Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer of Lottery Games at Loto-Québec.

About Loto-Québec

Loto-Québec has been delivering entertainment to Quebecers for over 50 years, and its operations benefit Québec as a whole. The corporation has paid out over a billion dollars in prizes across Québec since the beginning of the year, turning 82 players into millionaires. Major prize winners are listed on the Winners page in the Lotteries section of lotoquebec.com. Read their stories.

The responsible commercialization of lottery and gaming products is central to Loto-Québec’s operations. The corporation has been granted the highest internationally recognized certification in responsible gaming by the World Lottery Association.