Loto-Québec: more than $1.6 billion won by Quebecers in 2023

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Quebecers shared more than $1.6 billion won thanks to the lottery in 2023, including 89 prizes of $1 million or more.

“Quebecers were particularly lucky in 2023. Thanks in particular to the Lotto Max, Lotto 6/49 and Grande Vie jackpots that were won, more than $1.6 billion was awarded to families here,” recalled Isabelle Jean, executive vice-president and head of lottery operations at Loto-Québec.

Among the main prizes won in the province, on December 15, a family from the Laurentians got their hands on the $50,000,000 Lotto Max jackpot. On Halloween night, the Lotto Max jackpot, worth $55,000,000, was won by a couple from Estrie. During the Thanksgiving weekend, a Montrealer also won the Lotto Max jackpot, which was $50,000,000

Two sisters from Estrie won the jackpot of $7,000,000 in the Grande Vie draw on December 28 and a couple from Chaudière-Appalaches won $5,000,000 in Lotto 6/49 on December 23.

The 10 biggest prizes awarded during the year:

  1. $55,000,000 at Lotto Max in November in Estrie;
  2. $50,000,000 at Lotto Max in December in the Laurentians;
  3. $50,000,000 at Lotto Max in October in Montreal;
  4. $36,000,000 in Lotto 6/49 in February in Lanaudière;
  5. $7,000,000 at Grande Vie in January in Chaudière-Appalaches;
  6. $5,000,000 to Colossal in June in Montreal and Estrie;
  7. $5,000,000 in Lotto 6/49 in July in Chaudière-Appalaches;
  8. $5,000,000 in Lotto 6/49 in June in Montérégie;
  9. $5,000,000 in Lotto 6/49 in October in Centre-du-Québec, the Laurentians, Montreal and Montérégie;
  10. $3,000,000 at Platinum in December in Bas-Saint-Laurent.


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