Press release

Montréal, December 11, 2025 — Another Canada-wide progressive jackpot has been won in Québec! Francesca Spiezia, from Montréal, took home $1,379,718 with the Powerbucks Wheel of Fortune Ruby Riches casino game on November 9 while playing on the Loto-Québec gaming website.

VIDEO – Watch the winner tell us her story : https://youtu.be/8BHD4Ng-4Bk.

Highlights

• Spiezia occasionally plays on lotoquebec.com. She was at home when she saw the amount of $1,379,718 displayed on her screen!
• In her excitement, she shouted for her spouse to join her. Neither of them could believe that luck was smiling on them like this. Spiezia finally confirmed that she’d indeed won the progressive jackpot when she checked her lotoquebec.com account.
• The new millionaire plans to use her windfall to buy a house and continue supporting a non-profit organization in her community that helps children.

Online games have crowned five millionaires so far in 2025

Francesca Spiezia is the fifth Quebecer to have won more than a million dollars with an online casino game on lotoquebec.com this year. These are the previous winners:

• Vicky Dion, from Montérégie, won $1,933,980 with the Fiesta réaction game in October.
• Sophie Breton, from Montréal, won $1,446,012 with the Cleopatra Grand game in March.
• Marian Zbyradowski, from Montérégie, pocketed $2,752,530 in January with the Powerbucks Wheel of Fortune Ruby Riches game.
• Holly Heckman, from Montréal, won 1,000,000 $ in January in the same game as Zbyradowski and Spiezia!

Collectively, these lucky winners took home over 8.5 million dollars in progressive jackpots this year!

About Loto-Québec

Loto-Québec has been delivering entertainment to Quebecers for over 50 years, and its operations benefit Québec as a whole. Last year, the corporation paid out nearly $1.8 billion in prizes to winners across Québec. 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.