{"id":658317,"date":"2026-05-09T14:33:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T14:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/658317\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T14:33:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T14:33:08","slug":"the-massive-70-million-lottery-was-finally-won-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/658317\/","title":{"rendered":"The massive $70 million lottery was finally won in Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One lucky ticket holder in Canada is waking up a multi-millionaire after winning the massive $70-million Lotto Max jackpot in Friday night\u2019s draw.<br \/>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insauga.com\/winning-70-million-lottery-ticket-was-sold-in-this-city-in-canada\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Winning $70 million lottery ticket was sold in this city in Canada<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The winning numbers for the Friday, May 8, 2026 draw were 02, 06, 08, 33, 35, 43 and 44, with bonus number 21.<\/p>\n<p>Lottery officials say the jackpot-winning ticket matched all seven numbers to claim the full $70 million prize.<\/p>\n<p>In total, more than 187,000 cash prizes were awarded across Canada in the latest draw, with thousands of players also winning free plays and smaller cash prizes.<\/p>\n<p>While nobody matched six out of seven numbers plus the bonus, 62 players matched six out of seven numbers to win $4,409 each.<\/p>\n<p>The draw also featured 10 Maxmillions prizes, with a total of $3 million won.<\/p>\n<p>Two Maxmillions prizes worth $1 million each were won outright, while another Maxmillions draw was split between three winning tickets, with each ticket claiming $333,333.40.<\/p>\n<p>The winning Maxmillions combinations were:<\/p>\n<p>03, 06, 16, 26, 30, 32, 51 \u2014 1 winner of $1 million<br \/>08, 14, 22, 31, 32, 42, 51 \u2014 1 winner of $1 million<br \/>04, 08, 09, 26, 29, 38, 48 \u2014 3 winners sharing $1 million<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Lotto Max\u2019s Maxplus add-on game paid out another $900,000 in prizes, including several $100,000 wins across the country.<\/p>\n<p>The ENCORE number for Friday night\u2019s draw was 3189757.<\/p>\n<p>Lottery players across Canada are now turning their attention to the next Lotto Max draw, where another massive jackpot is expected to attract plenty of attention.<\/p>\n<p>The next Lotto Max draw takes place on Tuesday, May 12, with an estimated $15-million jackpot up for grabs, along with 15 additional $100,000 prizes.<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insauga.com\/editorial-guidelines\" class=\"editorial-guidelines-link d-block mb-4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n            INsauga&#8217;s Editorial Standards and Policies        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\tWIN A $100 GIFT CARD<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to INsauga\u2019s daily email newsletter for a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One lucky ticket holder in Canada is waking up a multi-millionaire after winning the massive $70-million Lotto Max&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":658318,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[45,49,48],"class_list":["post-658317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=658317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658317\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/658318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=658317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=658317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=658317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}