Millionaire Life
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Lottery
A lottery is a form of gambling which involves the drawing of lots for a prize.Lottery is outlawed by some governments, while others endorse it to the extent of organizing a national or state lottery. It is common to find some degree of regulation of lottery by governments...
game that offered a top prize of $1 million a year for 25 years, four prizes of $1 million and 20 prizes of $100,000. The 2009 promotion ran from January 26, 2009 to February 28, 2009 across Canada.
Organization
The Millionaire Life promotional lottery game is administered by the Interprovincial Lottery CorporationInterprovincial Lottery Corporation
The Interprovincial Lottery Corporation is an organization that operates lottery games in Canada. It is owned jointly by the five provincial lottery commissions. ILC's headquarters are located in Toronto, Ontario....
, an alliance of the five regional (some provincial) lottery corporations that cover all of Canada.
2011 promotion
Millionaire Life will run between March 1 and 31, 2011, with the draw happening the night of March 31.2009 winner
The winning ticket was purchased by Faye Lepage of EdmontonEdmonton
Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census...
, Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
. She opted for the lump sum of $17 million instead of the annuity of $1 million a year for 25 years and will split the prize with her son, Troy Lepage.
2008 winner
The winning ticket was purchased by a Burnaby, British ColumbiaBritish Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
woman, Angela Towle. She opted for the lump sum of $17 million.
2007 winner
The winning ticket was purchased by Jagtesh and Gurinder Grewal, both of WinnipegWinnipeg
Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers .The name...
, Manitoba
Manitoba
Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...
. They split the lump sum payment of $17 million instead of the annuity of $1 million a year for 25 years because there was more than one person claiming the prize.
See also
- Interprovincial Lottery CorporationInterprovincial Lottery CorporationThe Interprovincial Lottery Corporation is an organization that operates lottery games in Canada. It is owned jointly by the five provincial lottery commissions. ILC's headquarters are located in Toronto, Ontario....
- Lotto 6/49Lotto 6/49Lotto 6/49 is one of Canada's two national lottery games. Winning numbers are drawn by the Interprovincial Lottery Corporation every Wednesday and Saturday. Launched on June 12, 1982, Lotto 6/49 was the first nationwide Canadian lottery game to allow players to choose their own numbers...
- Lotto Super 7Lotto Super 7Lotto Super 7 was a national lottery game in Canada, operated by the Interprovincial Lottery Corporation . It was launched in 10 June 1994, and its last draw was on 18 September 2009....
(replaced by Lotto MaxLotto MaxLotto Max is a Canadian lottery game that began sales on September 19, 2009. The first set of winning numbers were drawn on September 25, 2009, and subsequent draws have been held every Friday. It replaced Lotto Super 7 in September 2009....
in September 2009)