Canada

Lotto Max $55M winning ticket sold in Quebec

A single winning ticket for the $55-million grand prize in Friday night's Lotto Max draw was sold somewhere in Quebec.
No one has claimed the $1 million prize from the Dec. 20, 2013 draw. The deadline has expired, so the cash will be used as prize money in a future draw. (CBC)

A single winning ticket for the $55-million grand prize in Friday night's Lotto Max draw was sold somewhere in Quebec.

It's the second largest lottery jackpot in Canadian history.

The largest — the Lotto 6-49 draw of Apr. 13, 2013 — had a jackpot of $63.4-million, and there were four winning tickets, each worth $15.9-million.

Thirty MaxMillions prizes of $1-million each were available in Friday night's Lotto Max draw, and there are winning tickets for 10 of them.

The jackpot for next Friday's Lotto Max draw on July 24 will be approximately $30 million.