Canada's biggest-ever lottery draw this Friday

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ONTARIO LOTTERY AND GAMING CORPORATION

*************************** Canada's biggest-ever lottery draw this Friday: Lotto Max jackpot hits $50 million plus 10 additional Maximillions prizes of $1 million each!

TORONTO - (November 3) - Canada's new big-jackpot lottery game is delivering the country's largest lottery draw ever this Friday night.

Lotto Max has now reached its cap of $50 million, and that means players from coast-to-coast also have chances to win an estimated 10 Maximillions prizes of $1 million each.

With the main jackpot plus the additional Maximillions prizes, this week's Lotto Max draw is offering more top-prize money than the October 2005 record Lotto 6/49 jackpot of $54.3 million.

Maximillions is a new and unique feature Canada's lotteries - and one that lottery players have been asking for - which will create more million-dollar winners with a big jackpot draw.

Once the Lotto Max jackpot reaches $50 million, top-prize money is then allocated to a series of additional Maximillions prizes each worth $1 million, and each with its own individual draw and set of winning numbers.

Winning a Maximillions prize is similar to winning the main jackpot - a player must match all seven winning numbers drawn for that prize.

The Lotto Max jackpot has been growing since the game was launched on September 19 2009.

Lotto Max can be played at OLG retail locations across the province.

As always, the winning numbers will be published as quickly as possible following the draw, and customers should note that the Maximillions prizes will require some extra time for the additional draws to be held.

As announced on behalf of Canada's five regional lottery corporations by the Interprovincial Lottery Corporation (ILC) on July 15 2009, Lotto Max is offering big jackpots more frequently than any game before.

OLG is a provincial agency responsible for province-wide lottery games and gaming facilities.

Since 1975, OLG lotteries, Casinos, Slots, and Resort Casinos have generated more than $28 billion for the benefit of the Province of Ontario.

Gaming proceeds support Ontario's hospitals, amateur sport, recreational and cultural activities, communities, provincial priority programs such as health care and education, and local and provincial charities and non-profit organizations through the Ontario Trillium Foundation.

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