About

Playing... for the Fun of it!

Entertaining lotteries that appeal to the tastes of Quebecers: for 39 years, this has been Loto-Québec’s winning recipe.

A leader in the lottery industry, Loto-Québec places high value on our extensive expertise in research and development, on the dedication of our employees and retailers, on the efficiency of our distribution network, on the rigorous application of security standards, and on the excellence of our high-performance computer network.

Did you know that...

• Loto-Québec was the first lottery corporation...
  • to equip itself with a network of sales terminals
  • to develop a computerized system for lottery sales
  • to launch a lottery on CD-ROM
• and that in more than 90% of Quebecers have bought a lottery ticket at least once in their lives.
• Unclaimed prizes of all lottery products, with the exception of Canada-wide games, are deposited in a reserve. Such reserve is used to fund the payment of bonus prizes and prizes to retailers.

What happens to a dollar spent on the lottery?

[Financial year 2009–2010]

1. 52.84% to winners
2. 25.19% to the Québec government
3. 10.57% in administrative costs
4. 6.75% to retailers
5. 1.91% in ticket printing costs
6. 2.74% in taxes and special contributions

Sales by Product

As at March 31, 2010 (in thousands of dollars)

Lottery	Sales by Product
Lotto 6/49	483,331
Lotto Max	150,609
Super 7	94,195
Québec 49	82,023
Extra	146,764
Banco	142,692
La Quotidienne	41,092
Jour de paye	7,883
Astro	4,913
Tango	2,984
Triplex	6,965
Scratch tickets	487,851
Multimedia Lotteries	2,767
Televised Lotteries	20,189
La Mini	11,799
Special Editions	59,051
Teleactives	54,857
Sports Lotteries	50,206
TOTAL	1,850,171