NEWS RELEASE
OLG
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Ontario residents, check your Lotto Max tickets! Two Maxmillions tickets for the Friday, January 27, 2017 draw were sold in the province – one in Toronto and one in the Sault Ste. Marie area – each worth $1 million!
A secondary Lotto Max prize winning ticket worth $166,763.30 was sold in Peterborough.
One Encore winning ticket worth $1 million was sold in Pickering, and three Encore winning tickets worth $100,000 were sold in Timmins, Ajax and the Toronto area.
Since its launch in September 2009, Ontario Lotto Max players have won over $3 billion in prizing, including 48 jackpot wins and 362 Maxmillions prizes, right across the province.
For each $5 play, Lotto Max players receive three sets of seven numbers ranging from one to forty-nine. Players must match all seven numbers, in any one set, to win the jackpot and the Maxmilions prizes.
Players can purchase tickets at authorized OLG retailers or buy online at PlayOLG.ca until 10:30 p.m. EDT on Friday, February 3, 2017 for the draw that evening.
About OLG
OLG is the Ontario government agency that delivers gaming entertainment in a socially responsible manner. OLG conducts and manages gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, PlayOLG Internet gaming, the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres and is leading the integration of horse racing into the provincial gaming strategy. Since 1975, OLG has provided nearly $44 billion to the Province and the people of Ontario. These payments to the province support the operation of hospitals, amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program, local and provincial charities and problem gambling prevention, treatment and research.
All for Here - 100 per cent of OLG’s proceeds are invested in Ontario
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