Press release

Montréal, July 3, 2025 – Brenda Aubin-Vega, a Montrealer in her twenties, discovered that she won the Gagnant à vie top prize of $1,000 a week for life during her break at work. “I couldn’t believe my eyes! I checked my ticket over and over again,” she said. Aubin-Vega had to choose between receiving the $1,000 a week for life annuity or the $1,000,000 lump-sum prize; she opted for the annuity, which she will receive for the rest of her days.

Highlights

• Aubin-Vega buys a ticket for Gagnant à vie, her favourite lottery game, a few times a year. During her break, she decided to treat herself and picked up two tickets at a convenience store in Montréal.
• Sitting comfortably outside her workplace, she scratched her tickets and discovered three piggy bank symbols in the same game. While checking the prize associated with these symbols, she found out she’d won $1,000 a week for life!
• She called her father to tell him the good news.
• Feeling overwhelmed, she asked to take the rest of the day off to let the dust settle.
• The lucky winner plans to buy a house with the annuity she will receive each week.

The winning ticket was purchased at Dépanneur Jen & Dan, located at 1655 Rue Poirier in Montréal. The retailer will receive a 1% commission of $10,000.

Ten lifetime annuities already won this year

Since the start of 2025, 10 lifetime annuities have been won in Québec. Nine top prizes of $1,000 a week for life were won with the Gagnant à vie lottery games, and one prize of $25,000 a year for life was won in the Grande Vie draw.

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 almost $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.