 Kashif Ahmad holds up two Lotto Max tickets at an Esso station in Edmonton. Friday's draw produced a local winner of a $1-million Maxmillions prize, lottery spokeswoman Sarah Kiriliuk said. (JORDAN VERLAGE/QMI AGENCY)
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OTTAWA -- There's one more millionaire in Ottawa, and that person may not even know about it yet.
The $50-million Lotto Max jackpot is still up for grabs, but Friday's draw produced a local winner of a $1-million Maxmillions prize, lottery spokeswoman Sarah Kiriliuk said.
A second Ottawan will split another $1 million with someone in the Atlantic provinces, Kiriliuk said.
The winners have yet to come forward.
When the jackpot reaches its $50-million cap, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. holds Maxmillions draws for $1 million apiece, Kiriliuk said.
And this coming Friday's draw will see a record-breaking amount of cash up for grabs. There will be 45 $1-million prize draws as well as the $50 million.
That's $95 million. Not enough to pay for the G8, but still nothing to sneeze at.
Then there are those pesky odds — 1 in 28 million.
The deadline to buy tickets for Friday's draw is 9 p.m.
tony.spears@sunmedia.ca
