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This was the largest Canadian lottery jackpot up to that time, and a significant increase from the previous record of $37.8 million on a Super 7 lottery draw in 2002—rapid sales created by lottery fever across the country pushed this 2005 Lotto 6/49 jackpot far beyond the originally estimated $40 million.
The largest Super 7 jackpot, and the largest jackpot in Canadian lottery history at the time, was CA$37.8 million, on May 17, 2002. [3] The prior record for largest Canadian lottery jackpot had been a Lotto 6/49 draw for $26.4 million in 1995, and the Super 7 record was not surpassed until a Lotto 6/49 draw for CA$54.3 million in 2005. [3]
The Western Canada Lottery Corporation (WCLC) is a Canadian non-profit organization founded in 1974 that operates lottery and gaming-related activities for its members, the governments of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut participate as associate members.
List of five-number lottery games; List of six-number lottery games; Loto-Québec; Lotto 6/49; Lotto Max; Lotto Super 7; M. Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries Corporation;
The ILC was established by the provincial lottery organizations in 1976 to operate joint lottery games across Canada. Today it administers three regular games, Lotto 6/49, Lotto Max and Daily Grand. The ILC used to administer Lotto Super 7 and Millionaire Life.
CHF 64.6 million (US$72.8 million) was the largest winner in Switzerland's Swiss Lotto, won on 2 March 2024. [81] £35.1 million (US$49.6 million) was the largest winner on the UK Lotto game in April 2016. €38.4 million (US$49.7 million) was the largest jackpot in the Netherlands draw of the Staatsloterij (State Lottery) in May 2013.
Pages in category "Lottery winners" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
On October 25, 2006, the CBC program The Fifth Estate aired an investigative report on lottery retailers winning major prizes, focusing on the ordeal of 82-year-old Bob Edmonds. His $250,000 winning Encore ticket was stolen by a convenience store clerk when he went to have his ticket checked in 2001.