Once the main jackpot is won, unclaimed MaxMillions prizes, if any, are placed in the main jackpot on top of the $10 million minimum. Secondary prizes can only been won off the main drawing: MaxMillions drawings only award prizes on an exact match. MaxMillions prizes are carried over until they are won, and additional MaxMillions prizes are added for each week a main jackpot of at least $50 million is not won. The main jackpot is capped at $70 million.

After the jackpot reaches at least $50 million, additional drawings are held for auxiliary 'MaxMillions' prizes of $1 million each. If a ticket matches all seven numbers on the main draw, the jackpot prize of at least CA$10 million is won. Loto-Quebec has a 'Personal Selections' slip allowing the player to select all 3 sets of numbers themselves, also at a cost of $5. A single line of seven numbers costs $5, and each purchased line also includes two additional lines of quick picks.

Seven numbers are selected from a field of 50 numbers, along with a bonus number. In May 2019, the game introduced major changes, including adding a second weekly drawing on Tuesdays, a maximum jackpot of $70 million, a 7/50 number matrix, and two additional prize tiers. lotteries), and the perception of consumers that the MaxMillions system increased the probability that they could win a major prize.

A representative of OLG attributed Lotto Max's popularity to the size of its total prize pools (which approach the larger jackpots seen in U.S. The launch of Lotto Max was successful, attracting higher revenue in its first 10 months of operation than Super 7 did in its best year of sales. As of May 2019, Lotto Max drawings are held every Tuesday and Friday. Introduced on September 19, 2009, with its first draw occurring on September 25, 2009, the game replaced Lotto Super 7. Lotto Max is a Canadian lottery game coordinated by the Interprovincial Lottery Corporation, as one of the country's three national lottery games.

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