Huge changes coming to Lotto Max draws in Canada

Huge changes are coming to Lotto Max in Canada.

The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation said in a news release Friday that the price of a ticket will change to $6 from $5 starting next Spring.

It marks the first jump in Lotto Max ticket prices since the game launched in 2009.

But there will be new aspects of the game to go along it, including the jackpot cap increasing to $90 million from $80 million.

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There will also be new $100,000 prizes in each draw based on the jackpot amount.

“For example, when the jackpot is $10 million, 10 additional $100,000 prizes will be drawn, and so on, up to 90 additional $100,000 prizes when the jackpot hits $90 million,” the release said.

“That’s on top of the growing maxmillions prizing that may be available.”

Maxmillion prizes are additional $1 million prizes that start to be offered once the jackpot hits $50 million.

Each play will also now have four selections of seven numbers, instead of the previous three.

“With these new features, the overall odds of winning any prize will be better than the previous version of Lotto Max,” the OLG said.

However, your odds of winning the jackpot will get worse, despite the additional selection.

Selections will be able to include numbers from one to 52, as opposed to the current one to 50.

The odds of winning the jackpot will change to one in 33,446,140 per play, from the current one in 33,294,800, the OLG says.

The overall odds of winning any prize will get better — changing to one in 5.8 from one in seven.

April 14 will mark the first draw for the new Lotto Max, with the changes taking effect across Canada.

Lead image via the OLG