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New $90 Million Jackpot for Canada’s Lotto Max

Posted on: April 13, 2026, 01:55h.

Last updated on: April 14, 2026, 05:23h.

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Mark Keast Mark is a long-time, seasoned journalist, as a writer and editor, working for several Toronto daily newspapers, then moving over to the digital arena, covering both sports and business. Over the past few years he moved over to the gaming arena, specifically covering the igaming industry in Canada for several platforms, as well as writing on sports betting.

Maximum jackpot for national lottery hits $90 million
New $100,000 prizes announced as well
LOTTO MAX ticket prizes go from $5 to $6 to fund new enhancements

LOTTO MAX, one of Canada’s national lottery games, sold through provincial operators like the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG), has a new maximum jackpot starting tomorrow – $90 million, up from $80 million.

A recent Ontario winner in Canada’s national LOTTO MAX draw is handed a cheque for just over $76,000. LOTTO MAX has a new Mac jackpot of $90 million. (Image: OLG)

New $100,000 Prizes

The jackpot starts at $10 million and rolls up to the new max. When that jackpot hits $50 million, they add MAXMILLIONS – extra $1 million prizes.

Also new is a MAXPLUS feature, with multiple $100,000 prizes every draw, scaling up with the jackpot. If the jackpot is $10 million, for example, 10 additional prizes of $100,000 will be drawn, right up to 90 prizes of $100,000 if that jackpot hits $90 million.

Draws happens every Tuesday and Friday. Since there was no winner Friday, the estimated jackpot tomorrow is $25 million, with 25 new MAXPLUS prizes of $100,000 each.

$25 Million Up For Grabs

According to an OLG statement, overall odds of winning any prize have improved from approximately 1 in 7 to 1 in 5.8, while the main jackpot odds change from approximately 1 in 33,294,800 per play to 1 in 33,446,140 per play.

The price for a LOTTO MAX ticket goes from $5 to $6 (4 selections of 7 numbers, with numbers ranging from 1 to 52) to support the enhancements, the first price increase in 17 years.

LOTTO MAX is coordinated by the Interprovincial Lottery Corporation. The other national lottery games in Canada are Lotto 6/49 and Daily Grand. LOTTO MAX often has the biggest rolling prizes.

$75 Million Win in B.C.

Last week, someone in Penticton, British Columbia, (B.C.), matched all seven winning numbers to score the whopping $75 million jackpot. The name of the winner, and the location where that person purchased their ticket, will be released after the winner claims their prize.

So far in 2026, B.C. lottery players have redeemed more than $25 million in winnings from LOTTO MAX. The largest lottery prize ever won in B.C. was an $80-million LOTTO MAX jackpot, won in May 2025.

Mark is a long-time, seasoned journalist, as a writer and editor, working for several Toronto daily newspapers, then moving over to the digital arena, covering both sports and business. Over the past few years he moved over to the gaming arena, specifically covering the igaming industry in Canada for several platforms, as well as writing on sports betting.

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Fernando A April 13, 2026

Here’s another increase when it was already too much money to play most people rather pay 2 dollars per play and win smaller jackpots… Here’s another increase when it was already too much money to play most people rather pay 2 dollars per play and win smaller jackpots like a 30 million jackpot and that can change your life the same way as 90 million dollars jackpots can do but more affordable for many families to play.

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