MONTRÉAL, May 10, 2024 /CNW/ – Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean resident Denise Bélanger took home the $1,000,000 guaranteed prize in the May 4 Lotto 6/49 draw. She received her price at the store where she purchased it, the Dépanneur Métabetchouan in Métabetchouan–Lac-à-la-Croix—which belongs to her daughter!
The Dépanneur Métabetchouan will receive a 1% commission of $10,000. This convenience store has also sold winning tickets of major prizes to other region residents. In late 2023, Patrice Guérin took home a $2,000,000 grand prize with the 20X Suprême lottery game. And in June 2021, Roger Larouche became a millionaire when he won $1,000,000 with Extra.
“There have been several newly minted millionaires in Québec thanks to the lottery these last few weeks. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean lottery players have been lucky, too! More than 45 winners from the region received prizes of $25,000 or more last year,” said Isabelle Jean, Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer of Lottery Games at Loto-Québec.
Highlights (for Denise Bélanger’s win)
- Bélanger has been playing the same Lotto 6/49 numbers for 35 years.
- She discovered she’d won on the Monday after the May 4 draw, at her Cercle des fermières gathering.
- She plans to use her windfall to help her daughter financially as she builds her new house and to buy a truck for her son, who was looking to replace his car.
- She also intends to set aside money to pay for her grandchildren’s education.
About Loto-Québec
Loto-Québec has been delivering entertainment to Quebecers for over 50 years, and its operations benefit Québec as a whole. In 2023, it paid out over $1.6 billion in prizes to lottery winners. Major prize winners are listed on the Winners page in the Lotteries section of lotoquebec.com. Read their stories.
The responsible commercialization of lottery and gaming products is central to Loto-Québec’s operations. The corporation has been granted the highest internationally recognized certification in responsible gaming by the World Lottery Association.
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SOURCE Loto-Québec
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