{"id":929022,"date":"2026-10-11T13:06:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T13:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/929022\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T13:06:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T13:06:20","slug":"lotto-max-jackpot-jumps-to-record-breaking-85m-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/929022\/","title":{"rendered":"Lotto Max jackpot jumps to record-breaking $85M prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another Lotto Max draw ended without a jackpot winner on Friday night, sending the top prize soaring to a record-breaking $85 million.<\/p>\n<p>No ticket for Friday\u2019s draw matched the winning combination: 06, 10, 19, 25, 29, 39, 50 and bonus 30. The jackpot was set for $80 million and will now roll over to the next draw.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who buys a Lotto Max ticket for the draw on Tues. Oct. 13, will have a chance at winning the $85 million jackpot, which is the largest lottery prize in Canada\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p>The previous record was $80 million, which was claimed in December 2025 and split between <a href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2026\/04\/23\/olg-lotto-max-jackpot-winners-london-ontario\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">two lucky friends<\/a> in London, Ont.<\/p>\n<p>When OLG announced that it was <a href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2026\/04\/08\/price-of-lotto-max-tickets-going-up-next-week-but-olg-says-bigger-jackpots-coming\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">raising the price of a Lotto Max ticket<\/a> from $5 to $6 in April, officials said the changes could bring a potential jackpot of $90 million, but so far, every draw has been claimed before approaching the new cap.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Tuesday\u2019s jackpot, ticket buyers will also have the chance to win 16 maxmillions prizes worth an estimated $1 million each and 85 maxplus prizes worth $100,000 each.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Toronto as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=toronto.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791723980_487_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Another Lotto Max draw ended without a jackpot winner on Friday night, sending the top prize soaring to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":929023,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[45,49,48],"class_list":["post-929022","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\/929022","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=929022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/929022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/929023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=929022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=929022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=929022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}