Press release

Montréal, June 13, 2025 — Chaudière-Appalaches resident Jacques Ouellet and his daughter could hardly contain their emotion when he discovered he’d won the top Extra prize in the May 27 draw.

Highlights

• Jacques Ouellet typically buys his lottery tickets on the Loto-Québec gaming website. He plays his usual set of numbers on Lotto Max and always says yes to Extra.
• Ouellet knew the morning after the draw that he had become a millionaire! The lucky winner logged in to his online account to confirm his prize.
• Still clutching his phone, he rushed to wake up his daughter with the good news. “I could see his hand shaking,” Ouellet’s daughter told Loto-Québec.
• A security guard by profession, Ouellet plans to make investments and treat his daughter with the million dollars he won.

A winning spring in Eastern Québec

Jacques Ouellet isn’t the only lucky winner in Eastern Québec this spring. Seven people from the Capitale-Nationale, Bas-Saint-Laurent and Chaudière-Appalaches regions have won prizes of $1,000,000 or more.

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 close to $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.

Loto-Québec is committed to the responsible marketing of lottery and gaming products. The corporation has been granted the highest internationally recognized certification in responsible gaming by the World Lottery Association.