It's part of the winning ritual - lottery jackpot winners photographed holding an oversized cardboard check with the gigantic prize amount shown on it. But could these lucky recipients take the signed check down to the bank and cash it?
Read MoreInvestigative reporter David Menzies says lottery players may have noticed big changes to the Lotto Max game on May 11. It has bigger jackpots, more draws and more prizes. But he says missing from some ad campaigns promoting the lottery is the fact that an extra number has been added, worsening the odds for the main jackpot by some 5 million to one.
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READ MORE: Lotto Max now harder to win, but lottery crown corporations don't want to explain why
Time to celebrate! Lotto Max winner Dwayne Williams of Whitby being presented with his $55 million check.
After taking 6 weeks to absorb the shock of his massive win, Lotto Max winner Dwayne Williams of Whitby finally picked up the $55 million prize.
Read MoreSome event are unpredictable. This Mega Millions winning couple collected their $1million prize just a day before their ticket expired.
You wake up. The alarm has gone off at the same time each work day. You have breakfast and set off to work as usual.
Read MoreDon't be like these 48 Pennsylvania Powerball winners who shared the $107 million jackpot, only getting $2.2 million each.
Everyone gets excited when a major game like the Mega Millions, Powerball, UK National Lottery or Canada's Lotto Max starts heading into the multi-million territory.
Read MoreThe name ‘Silverite’ was originally given to prospectors a hundred years ago.
For those of you who don't know what a Silverite is, it's the name I give to buyers of my System. It can also be an online game - but I'm sure I coined the term first!
Read MoreThis girl seems safe enough holding her giant lottery ball - even though it contains the 'unlucky' number 13. But the following explicit photos show how some lottery balls can put you in mortal danger if you're not careful...
Read MoreJoAnn and Gaetan Champagne had to wait a month before they could claim their $50 million Lotto Max prize because they were lotto store owners. Photo.
I've always said that it's more efficient to spend your ticket money as close to the game draw as possible. This results in the most effective net use of your funds.
Read MoreWhich country has the best tax advantages to win the lottery in? Tax won't be a problem for this group of 26 current and former Canada Revenue Agency (tax) staffers who won a $32-million Lotto Max jackpot.
Read MoreA record-breaking $61 Million was shared on Feb 28 by 31 members of the Boilermakers Local 203 union at a Newfoundland and Labrador oil refinery. It's one of several recent major Canadian syndicate wins.
Read MoreIt wasn't until Gatineau resident Linda Michaud went to buy a Canada Lotto Max ticket that she discovered an old ticket in her purse…
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She never thought she would win big, so Odie Alarie didn't have a buy list for her win.
Odile Alarie was purchasing Halloween candy when she checked her Lotto Max ticket...
12 workers were told they'd won $5 million each in the Canadian Lotto Max on October 4.
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The group are presented with their oversized check for $60 million - $5 million each.
A group of 12 workers in Markham, Ontario erupted into a frenzy after learning they had won Friday 1 October record-high Lotto Max jackpot of $60 million.
Lottery agencies across Canada say the millennial generation doesn’t buy lottery tickets as often as their parents do. They’ve now grouped together to find a way to attract more 18 and up aged lottery buyers.
CBC reports on the problem of younger lottery players not buying as frequently. Video: CBC
Some Canadian lottery agencies say they’re dealing with a 30% decline in the number of young adults buying lottery tickets.
In one of the most unusual wishlists in lottery history, Brad Duke wanted to turn his $86 million Powerball jackpot win back in 2005 into $1 billion. And he wanted to do that within three years. Did he?
Read MoreNine years ago Sharon Tirabassi of Ontario, Canada, won $10.5 million in the Lotto Super 7 lottery game (replaced by Lotto Max in 2009). That was the good news. The bad? She had to stand amongst weird lifesize cardboard cutouts for the presentation check photo. No-one could tell us why. Sharon looked pretty happy though.
Retired billionaire Tom Crist won $40 million in the Canada Lotto Max.
BACK a little while we reported how a billionaire (above) won a $40 million lottery jackpot, and gave it all away.
But it's not only the super rich who have given the game a passing glance.
These following celebrities - and you'll recognise more than a few familiar faces - all confess to have played the lottery at some time.
Every win could be the jackpot, like the New Jersey Lottery Powerball $338 million win shown here.
MISSED $1 MILLION JACKPOT
OK Ken, I keep on winning small prizes, sometimes 2 or 3 at a time up to $35, but the last big one was a $1 million jackpot which I missed playing. Am I going to win big again? Or do I need to rip up my Profiles and do some new ones?
Great news on your regular wins. That means the system is steadily working for you.
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