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Lotto Max jackpot reaches record $85 million in Canada
No ticket matched all seven numbers in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw in Canada.
The jackpot has therefore risen to $85 million, the largest in Canadian lottery history.
The draw will take place on Tuesday, Oct.
13.
It will also offer 16 prizes of $1 million and 85 prizes of $100,000.
Lotto Max raised its jackpot cap to $90 million earlier this year and added $100,000 prizes to every draw.
The last major Lotto Max win was in December 2024, when a player in Manitoba shared the jackpot with a winning ticket sold in Quebec.
The $85 million prize is the latest step toward the new $90 million cap.
No ticket matched all seven numbers in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw, leaving an $85 million jackpot available.
The jackpot is the largest in the history of Canadian lotto.
The draw for the $85 million jackpot is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 13.
The draw will also offer 16 prizes of $1 million and 85 prizes of $100,000.
Lotto Max raised its jackpot cap to $90 million earlier this year and added $100,000 prizes to every draw.
- Who
- Lotto Max players can try to win the jackpot.
- What
- The jackpot has reached $85 million, a record for Canadian lotto.
- When
- The draw is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 13.
- Where
- Canada.
- Why
- No ticket matched all seven numbers in Friday night’s draw.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
This is a first for LOTTO MAX, and we want to celebrate it with players right here in the Prairies
It’s been exciting to watch the conversation grow across the Prairies as this jackpot has climbed
No ticket matched all seven numbers in the Lotto Max draw.
The next draw, with an $85 million jackpot, is scheduled to take place.
- Jackpot
- $85 million
- Record
- Largest jackpot in the history of Canadian lotto
- Next draw
- Tuesday, Oct. 13
- Additional prizes
- 16 prizes of $1 million and 85 prizes of $100,000
- Jackpot cap
- Raised to $90 million earlier this year
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