Press release

Montréal, February 7, 2025 — Danielle Dubois and Daniel Senecal, two Laurentides residents, experienced a situation that echoes the slogan You should play Lotto 6/49! Not only do they have similar first names and live in the same municipality, but they also won a major prize in the same Lotto 6/49 draw on February 1, both with tickets purchased on the Loto-Québec gaming website, lotoquebec.com. Talk about a coincidence! Danielle and Daniel received their respective prize, $1,000,000 and $123,358, during an event at the Casino de Mont-Tremblant on February 7.

Highlights

• Danielle Dubois, a retired teacher, discovered she’d won the Lotto 6/49 guaranteed prize when she checked her lotoquebec.com account. “It said $100,000. That can’t be true!” she exclaimed. After closing and reopening the page and still seeing the amount displayed on the screen, Dubois finally believed what was happening to her. With the million she just won, she’ll comfortably enjoy the rest of her retirement.

• Daniel Senecal also discovered he’d won big with Lotto 6/49 by logging into his online account. He sent his spouse a screenshot of the $123,358 prize to announce the news to her. “She didn’t believe me!” the winner confided.

About Loto-Québec

Loto-Québec has been delivering entertainment to Quebecers for over 50 years, and its operations benefit Québec as a whole. In 2024, the corporation paid out $1.7 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.