OLG Media Release
Toronto, ON – All eyes are on Ontario for the kick off to the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games and you too can bring home gold with LOTTO MAX. The jackpot for Friday, July 10, 2015 is an estimated $50 million. Also up for grabs are an estimated 25 MAXMILLIONS prizes worth $1 million each.
Five fun facts about this Friday’s LOTTO MAX draw:
•The winner of the jackpot could purchase enough gold medals for every resident in the southwestern Ontario City of Brantford.
• This is the 14th time since January 1, 2015 that the LOTTO MAX jackpot has been $50 million.
• The $50 million LOTTO MAX jackpot has been won 33 times (sometimes with multiple winners) since it launched in 2009.
• Ontario players have won, or shared in winning 20 of the previous $50 million jackpots, including 17 that were won with a single ticket sold in Ontario.
• LOTTO MAX has offered a $50 million jackpot 83 times.
Since its launch in September 2009, Ontario LOTTO MAX players have won over $2 billion in prizes, including 41 jackpot wins and 248 winning MAXMILLIONS tickets.
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 or any of the MAXMILLIONS prizes.
Players can purchase tickets at authorized OLG retailers until 9 p.m. Friday, July 10, 2015 for the draw that evening.
