A record-breaking total of $140M is up for grabs in Friday's lottery draw

Jun 18 2021, 12:57 pm

Imagine starting off the weekend $140 million richer?

As a result of nobody winning Lotto Max’s big-time $70 million draw on Tuesday, the record-setting jackpot is carrying over for the third consecutive week.

As such, Friday’s jackpot will be worth a jaw-dropping $140 million — the $70 million jackpot plus 70 $1 million prizes.

According to Lotto Max, 34 Maxmillions ($1 million each) were won in British Columbia, The Prairies, Ontario, Quebec, and the Atlantic Provinces.

The previous record set for a Lotto Max jackpot was in October 2018, when it totalled $116 million, consisting of a $60,000,000 jackpot and 56 Maxmillions prizes.

According to the Crown corporation, this is the eighth time the Lotto Max jackpot has hit its cap of $70,000,000 since revamping the game in May 2019.

Millionaire-hopefuls can buy tickets in-store or online.

The draws for the Canada-wide lottery are held on a biweekly basis, every Tuesday and Friday.

Each play costs $5 and consists of three selections of seven numbers from 1 to 50.

The Canada-wide lottery has jackpot-winning odds of 1 in 33,294,800. But, considering how the last 14 months have gone, is anything really impossible?

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