Lotto Max Offers Record 90 Million Dollar Jackpot on October 20

Canada's Lotto Max lottery offered its largest-ever jackpot of 90 million dollars for the October 20, 2026, draw after consecutive draws failed to produce a jackpot winner. The national lottery also offered an estimated 20 prizes of 1 million dollars and 90 additional prizes of 100,000 dollars, according to reports from Canadian news outlets.

The jackpot reached the new 90 million dollar limit for the first time on October 16, following a change to the lottery's prize cap in April. With no ticket matching all seven winning numbers, the jackpot remained at the maximum for the next draw, according to Yahoo Finance Canada.

The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) places the odds of winning the main jackpot at approximately one in 33 million per 6 dollar play. The probability remains extremely low despite changes to the game's structure and the increased number of combinations available to players.

According to Yahoo Finance Canada, a standard 6 dollar play now includes four sets of seven numbers drawn from 1 to 52, replacing the previous format of three sets drawn from 1 to 50. The ticket price rose from 5 dollars to 6 dollars in April 2026, marking the first price increase since Lotto Max launched in 2009.

The updated game also introduced Maxplus prizes. Under the new structure, each 1 million dollars in the jackpot corresponds to one 100,000 dollar prize, producing 90 such prizes when the jackpot reaches 90 million dollars. Maxmillions prizes, worth 1 million dollars each, become available when the main jackpot reaches 50 million dollars.

Loto-Québec estimated the total prize pool for the October 20 draw at approximately 110 million dollars. The additional prizes increased the potential winnings beyond the headline jackpot, although the odds of securing the main prize remained about one in 33 million.

The record surpasses Canada's previous largest lottery prize of 80.4 million dollars, won by two longtime friends in London, Ontario, in December 2025. The pair claimed an 80 million dollar Lotto Max jackpot and an additional 403,285.40 dollars through a combination play option, according to CBC News.

Before that win, Justin Simporios of Surrey, British Columbia, claimed an 80 million dollar Lotto Max jackpot in May 2025. The first 80 million dollar Lotto Max draw took place in September 2024, when two winning tickets sold in Ontario and Quebec shared the prize.

Earlier milestones included the first 70 million dollar jackpot in 2020 and the first 65 million dollar draw in 2019. In 2015, Lotto Max introduced a 60 million dollar draw after previously capping its jackpot at 50 million dollars.

Canada's lottery history includes a 63.4 million dollar Lotto 649 prize split among four tickets in 2013 and a 54 million dollar jackpot shared by 17 oil and gas workers from Alberta in 2005. The country's first national lottery was held in 1974 to raise funds for the Montreal Olympics, with nine women from Quebec City sharing a 1 million dollar prize.