Press release

Montréal, January 28, 2026 — Christine Chabot and François Huet, a couple from Lanaudière, won one of the five prizes of $1,000,000 drawn during the Celebration 2026 gala, which aired January 11, 2026, on TVA.

Highlights:

• While cleaning up, Christine Chabot found a few Célébration 2026 tickets in a stack of papers. Before throwing them out, she checked them using the Loto-Québec app and, to her great surprise, she saw an amount of $1,000,000 appear on the screen!
• Her son, equally surprised, even compared the winning numbers on the ticket with those on the website— and yes, it was a winning ticket! Surprised by the win, the whole family went to a retailer for a third and final check.
• Chabot and Huet plan to invest the million they just won for their retirement.

The ticket was purchased at the IGA Extra grocery store on Boulevard Laurier in Terrebonne. The retailer will receive a 1% commission of $10,000.

About Célébration 2026

Like gala contestants, ticket holders at home had the chance to become millionaires: five $1,000,000 prizes and one $5,000,000 top prize were up for grabs during the January 11 gala. Célébration tickets also offered various other prizes. To check the draw results, visit loteries.lotoquebec.com.

About Loto-Québec

Loto-Québec has been delivering entertainment to Quebecers for over 55 years, and its operations benefit Québec as a whole. In 2025, the corporation paid out over $1.7 billion in prizes to winners and crowned 105 millionaires across Québec. Among these prizes, it paid out nearly 20 lifetime annuities, a record! Major prize winners are listed on the Winners page in the Lotteries section of lotoquebec.com. Discover their dreams.

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.