The Game
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Not familiar with the lottery game that Canadians are playing in record
numbers? Here are some fun facts about LOTTO SUPER 7.

- A LOTTO SUPER 7 ticket costs $2 and gives you three chances to win!
Each ticket includes three sets of seven numbers. (You can select one
set, the other two sets are Quick Picks, or you can choose to have
Quick Picks for all three sets!)
- The odds of any one ticket winning the jackpot are approximately 21
million to 1. The odds of any one set of seven numbers winning are
approximately 63 million to 1 (each SUPER 7 ticket includes three
sets of numbers and therefore three chances to win on a single
ticket). The overall odds of winning a prize are better than 1 in 6.
- There have been 461 draws held since LOTTO SUPER 7 was launched in
May 1994.
- The jackpot has been won 106 times with a total of 133 top prize
winning tickets. (A jackpot is shared when there is more than one
winning ticket) In Ontario, players have won or shared a LOTTO
SUPER 7 jackpot 69 times. Ontario LOTTO SUPER 7 players have won more
than $1.4 billion in prizes.
- The biggest LOTTO SUPER 7 jackpot so far was $37.8 million on May 17,
2002. It was split on four winning tickets. The 2nd largest LOTTO
SUPER 7 jackpot so far is the $25 Million from April 4th, 2003. The
third largest to date was $22.5 million on March 27, 1998 and was won
by an Ontario couple.
- The number drawn most frequently on LOTTO SUPER 7 to date is 16. It
has been drawn as a regular (not bonus) winning number 85 times. The
least frequently drawn number is 42. It has been drawn as a regular
winning number 56 times. (Please note, the frequency at which a
number has been drawn has no bearing on future draws. Each draw is an
independent event, and each number has an equal chance of being
drawn.)
- Ticket sales are expected to be brisk today! Ticket sales for a big
LOTTO SUPER 7 jackpot typically pick up their pace as the draw
approaches, with approximately half of the sales for the week taking
place on the day of the draw.

Sheba__ ~~~
Everybody's got a dream
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In the atlantic and the western provinces you can pick all three lines/sets yourself.

We are quite aware of this and some people are not pleased ....should be the same all across canada...

Sheba__ ~~~
Everybody's got a dream
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In Québec also...

That's not fair. We in Ontario can't do our own picks......

we have seen 0.000815690527586248182763142598970% of the total combinations

513 as of April 2, 2004

461 was April 4, 2003

Guess the article needs to be updated...Thanks for fixing that up!

Sheba__ ~~~
Everybody's got a dream....GO! LEAFS! GO!

Sheba, thanks for your informative posts. However, when you cut and paste full-length articles, it is a good idea to provide the source or link. Copying without attribution is a violation of copyright law and LT's site could get in trouble from the original authors. Peace.

I did look for something about that on the page where I got this but never saw anything.. But I can do that in the future anyway...

Sheba__ ~~~
Everybody's got a dream....GO! LEAFS! GO!
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Dennis are you in Quebec? I have a Quebec super7 lottery card right here it says "For each board marked with 7 numbers, you will also obtain 2 computer generated selections"
So it doesn't look like we can pick all 3 number for $2.

It's another slip [url=http://lotteries.loto-quebec.com/web/jsp/MainPage.jsp?Params=Y.US.80203.0]here in English[/url] and [url=http://lotteries.loto-quebec.com/web/jsp/MainPage.jsp?Params=Y.CA.80203.0]French[/url]

In Ontario, and parts of the West, we don't have this option

Stick around - you will learn a lot here.

Don't think so

Only BC can you pick your own - the other 3 Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba are under WCLC - it looks like you can't according to their site:

[url=http://www.wclc.com/games/super7_extra/game_info/rules.html]Western Canada Lotto Corp[/url]

Anyone from Sask or Manitoba - Randal can you pick all 3 in Manitoba??

Peter, I all ready know you can't pick all 3 in Alberta

Ok so I got the wrong slip? I'll have to get the other one then..

For sure - the cost of wheeling for you is 0.66/ticket - much better than $2