Back to Lottery Blog Index Home
Largest Canadian Jackpots
Updated November 2, 2008
The following is a list of the largest Canadian jackpots to date. Not surprisingly, all of the Lotto 649 jackpots occurred after the Lotto 649 when to a $2 ticket in June 2004. The largest Lotto 649 jackpot, when tickets were $1, was $26,410,706 on September 2, 1995. The deflator rule is only applied to Lotto 649. See the FAQ for an explanation on how it works.
| Rank |
Prize |
Date |
Game |
Winning
Tickets |
Rolls |
Ticket Sales
(millions) |
Payout |
Deflator
Rule |
| 1 |
$54,294,712 |
Oct 26, 2005 |
Lotto 649 |
1 |
2 |
49.7 |
72% |
|
| 2 |
$45,145,712 |
Aug 6, 2008 |
Lotto 649 |
2 |
5 |
32.9 |
95% |
Yes |
| 3 |
$43,222,344 |
Aug 12, 2006 |
Lotto 649 |
4 |
5 |
35.2 |
89% |
Yes |
| 4 |
$40,441,465 |
Nov 1, 2008 |
Lotto 649 |
1 |
4 |
24.9 |
86% |
|
| 5 |
$40,000,000 |
Jun 13, 2007 |
Lotto 649 |
2 |
0 |
29.1 |
79% |
|
| 6 |
$39,667,128 |
Nov 8, 2006 |
Lotto 649 |
4 |
4 |
26.7 |
82% |
|
| 7 |
$38,787,042 |
Apr 4, 2007 |
Lotto 649 |
2 |
3 |
30.1 |
90% |
Yes |
| 8 |
$37,841,970 |
May 17, 2002 |
Super 7 |
4 |
3 |
51.0 |
68% |
|
| 9 |
$37,344,184 |
Jan 2, 2008 |
Lotto 649 |
1 |
5 |
16.7 |
96% |
|
| 10 |
$37,000,000 |
Nov 10, 2007 |
Lotto 649 |
2 |
1 |
25.9 |
79% |
|
| 11 |
$37,000,000 |
Jun. 9, 2007 |
Lotto 649 |
1 |
0 |
22.6 |
84% |
|
| 12 |
$35,793,351 |
Aug 2, 2008 |
Lotto 649 |
0 |
4 |
20.8 |
85% |
|
| 13 |
$35,000,000 |
Nov 7, 2007 |
Lotto 649 |
0 |
0 |
23.6 |
79% |
|
| 14 |
$35,000,000 |
Jun 6, 2007 |
Lotto 649 |
2 |
0 |
22.6 |
81% |
|
| 15 |
$35,000,000 |
May 5, 2006 |
Super 7 |
2 |
0 |
25.6 |
80% |
|
| 16 |
$33,394,676 |
Aug 9, 2006 |
Lotto 649 |
0 |
4 |
20.8 |
81% |
|
| 17 |
$32,500,000 |
Feb 6, 2004 |
Super 7 |
3 |
1 |
39.0 |
69% |
|
| 18 |
$32,000,000 |
Jun 28, 2008 |
Lotto 649 |
1 |
0 |
19.4 |
80% |
|
| 19 |
$32,000,000 |
Jun 2, 2007 |
Lotto 649 |
1 |
0 |
20.3 |
79% |
|
| 20 |
$32,000,000 |
Dec 29,2006 |
Super 7 |
2 |
1 |
21.1 |
80% |
|
| 21 |
$30,274,658 |
Mar 31, 2007 |
Lotto 649 |
0 |
2 |
21.5 |
74% |
|
| 22 |
$30,000,000 |
Jun 25, 2008 |
Lotto 649 |
1 |
0 |
18.7 |
78% |
|
| 23 |
$30,000,000 |
Dec 21, 2007 |
Super 7 |
1 |
3 |
17.6 |
80% |
|
| 24 |
$30,000,000 |
Nov 3, 2007 |
Lotto 649 |
2 |
1 |
21.8 |
73% |
|
| 25 |
$30,000,000 |
May 30, 2007 |
Lotto 649 |
1 |
0 |
19.8 |
76% |
|
| 26 |
$30,000,000 |
Dec 22, 2006 |
Super 7 |
0 |
0 |
22.3 |
76% |
|
| 27 |
$30,000,000 |
Apr 28, 2006 |
Super 7 |
1 |
2 |
22.9 |
75% |
|
| 28 |
$30,000,000 |
Oct 22, 2005 |
Lotto 649 |
0 |
1 |
27.2 |
66% |
|
| 29 |
$30,000,000 |
Apr 23, 2004 |
Super 7 |
1 |
0 |
28.9 |
73% |
|
| 30 |
$30,000,000 |
Jan 30, 2004 |
Super 7 |
0 |
0 |
33.8 |
70% |
|
| 31 |
$30,000,000 |
Oct 10, 2003 |
Super 7 |
3 |
0 |
37.4 |
67% |
|
| 32 |
$30,000,000 |
Apr 11, 2003 |
Super 7 |
1 |
0 |
38.3 |
67% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Largest Worldwide Lottery Jackpots
Updated December 20, 2008
The Cash and Annuity colums are in millions $ US.
| Rank |
Cash |
Annuity |
Date |
Winning
Tickets |
Rolls |
Game |
| 1 |
233 |
390 |
Mar 6, 2007 |
2 |
15 |
Mega Millions |
| 2 |
224 |
n/a |
Feb 3, 2006 |
3 |
|
Euro Millions |
| 3 |
194 |
330 |
Aug 31, 2007 |
4 |
15 |
Mega Millions |
| 4 |
184.6 |
315 |
Nov 15, 2005 |
1 |
16 |
Mega Millions |
| 5 |
180 |
363 |
May 9, 2000 |
2 |
18 |
The Big Game |
| 6 |
177.3 |
365 |
Feb 18, 2006 |
1 |
18 |
Powerball |
| 7 |
176.7 |
331 |
Apr 16, 2002 |
3 |
19 |
The Big Game |
| 8 |
170.5 |
314.9 |
Dec 25, 2002 |
1 |
16 |
Powerball |
| 9 |
168.5 |
294 |
Jul 2, 2004 |
1 |
15 |
Mega Millions |
| 10 |
167 |
275 |
Feb 22, 2008 |
1 |
14 |
Mega Millions |
| 11 |
165.8 |
294.8 |
Aug 25, 2001 |
4 |
20 |
Powerball |
| 12 |
164.4 |
340 |
Oct 19, 2005 |
1 |
19 |
Powerball |
| 13 |
161.5 |
295.7 |
Jul 29, 1998 |
1 |
20 |
Powerball |
| 14 |
158.8 |
270 |
Feb 28, 2006 |
1 |
14 |
Mega Millions |
| 15 |
156.1 |
258 |
Sep 16, 2005 |
1 |
15 |
Mega Millions |
| 16 |
148.5 |
265 |
Apr 18, 2006 |
1 |
13 |
Mega Millions |
| 17 |
147.2 |
261.3 |
Jul 9, 2003 |
2 |
18 |
Powerball |
| 18 |
146.9 |
207 |
Dec 12, 2008 |
1 |
14 |
Mega Millions |
| 19 |
146 |
314.3 |
Aug 25, 2007 |
1 |
16 |
Powerball |
| 20 |
141.5 |
239 |
Feb 20, 2004 |
1 |
14 |
Mega Millions |
| 21 |
139.4 |
276.3 |
Mar 15, 2008 |
1 |
16 |
Powerball |
| 22 |
136 |
n/a |
Jul 29, 2005 |
1 |
|
Euro Millions |
| 23 |
125.3 |
220.3 |
May 28, 2005 |
1 |
16 |
Powerball |
| 24 |
124.7 |
208 |
Apr 22, 2005 |
1 |
14 |
Mega Millions |
| 24 |
120.5 |
254 |
Jan 24, 2007 |
1 |
15 |
Powerball |
| 26 |
120.3 |
221.5 |
Dec 31, 2003 |
2 |
15 |
Powerball |
| 27 |
119 |
196 |
May 16, 2008 |
1 |
12 |
Mega Millions |
| 28 |
116.9 |
214.7 |
Oct 9, 2004 |
1 |
15 |
Powerball |
| 29 |
112.8 |
183 |
Jun 20, 2003 |
1 |
15 |
Mega Millions |
| 30 |
110.2 |
213.2 |
May 8, 2004 |
1 |
15 |
Powerball |
| 31 |
104.3 |
194.4 |
May 20, 1998 |
1 |
|
Powerball |
| 32 |
104 |
197 |
Apr 6, 1999 |
1 |
17 |
The Big Game |
|