Couple wins huge lottery jackpot on their 25th wedding anniversary
Posted on 25 August 2023A Montreal couple had an extra special anniversary after their huge $1,000,000 lottery win. Stéphane Vienneau and Maegan Judd won the July 21 Lotto Max draw. The date was extra special because they were also celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary. The couple plans on using some of their winnings to purchase a second home in New Brunswick, where Vienneau’s family is from. For those hoping ...
Winning ticket for $70 million Lotto Max draw purchased in Sudbury region
Posted on 14 March 2021TORONTO — A ticket holder in Ontario won Friday night’s whopping $70 million Lotto Max jackpot. The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation said the ticket was sold in the Sudbury region. It marks the fourth time the maximum jackpot was won in Ontario and the sixth time in Canada since the cap was increased in 2019. Nine of the draw’s Maxmillions prizes of $1 million each were ...
$70 million jackpot up for grabs in next Friday's Lotto Max draw
Posted on 14 March 2021MONTREAL -- Since the jackpot was not won in Tuesday night's national Lotto Max draw, the jackpot in Friday night's draw will be $70 million. Loto-Quebec said that the draw will also consist of approximately 21 $1 million prizes. On Wednesday, a single $1 million Lotto Max priz was won thanks to a selection of numbers sold in Ontario. Since the launch of the lottery, two $70 million j ...
Trudeau Sr. wanted to set up lotto that would benefit Liberals
Posted on 14 March 2021Former Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau had plans to sent up a national lottery that would only benefit the Liberal party, says Blacklock’s Reporter. Declassified records show Trudeau planned to keep the 1980 lottery “low-key.” But the plan was seemingly thwarted by changes the previous Tory government brought in. “The following considerations affecting future federal ...
Unclaimed Lotto 649 $1 million lottery ticket purchased in B.C. expires in one week
Posted on 14 March 2021Someone who purchased a Lotto 6/49 ticket in the northern Vancouver Island region of B.C. could lose out on a million dollars if they don't claim their prize before it expires at midnight on March 18, 2021. The ticket is for the March 18, 2020 draw. The winning Guaranteed Prize Draw number is: 19117903-02. The Guaranteed Prize Draw number can be found underneath the main set of six numbe ...
Gambling industry in Canada – Statistics & Facts
Posted on 14 March 2021The history of gambling in Canada pre-dates the arrival of European settlers by quite a while. Sticks and bones were used throughout the Pacific Northwest Coast by indigenous people to play a game called Slahal. Oral histories indicate that the game has pre ice-age origins. More than just a pastime, this game also had important social, spiritual and community significance. European s ...
NeoGames’ inaugural results reveal 48.8% revenue growth in 2020
Posted on 14 March 2021Revenue for the 12 months ended 31 December 2020 came to $49.2m, with this total made up predominantly of turnkey contracts with lottery operators. These contracts accounted for $32.3m of the supplier’s full-year revenue, up 87.1%. During the year NeoGames, via its NeoPollard Interactive joint venture with Pollard Banknote, powered the launch of the Virginia Lottery’s onli ...
LottoKings Announces Private Placement for up to $10 Million
Posted on 14 March 2021VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Legacy Eight Ltd. (“LottoKings” or the “Company”), a profitable online service provider for Lottery, Casino, and Sportsbook gambling, is announcing that has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by a private British Columbia company (”BCCO”) as part ...
CMHA’s 50/50 Lottery aims to raise funds to combat mental illness
Posted on 14 March 2021WINDSOR, ONT. -- Raising funds to help those facing mental health challenges in Windsor-Essex – that is the aim of the Canadian Mental Health Association’s “50/50 Lottery.” The COVID-19 pandemic pushes funding for CMHA programs to the limit. Issues such as loneliness, depression and suicidal ideation and others are much more common amongst the public. The demand for help ha ...
Sudbury senior annoyed, frustrated at health unit's vaccine lottery
Posted on 14 March 2021Joan Hinds is a 97-year-old Canadian war veteran. She lives on her own, goes out for groceries a couple times a week, and still has all of her faculties intact. But like other seniors, she's waiting as a health unit lottery system determines the first people to receive the vaccine in Sudbury. That wait, and the confusion around the lottery system, is something that needs to be investig ...
