Lotteries
Québec Max
Québec’s counterpart to Lotto Max: 4 selections of 7 numbers from 1 to 52, drawn Tuesday and Friday.
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Western Max
Western lottery drawn Tuesday and Friday: 3 selections of 7 numbers from 1 to 50 for $2.
Key facts
- Operator
- WCLC (Alta., Sask., Man. and territories)
- Draws
- Tuesday and Friday
- Numbers
- 7 from 1 to 50, 3 selections per play
- Price
- $2 per play
- Sales close
- 9:30 p.m. CT / 8:30 p.m. MT / 7:30 p.m. PT
- Odds of winning a prize
- 1 in 7.0
- Odds of winning the top prize
- 1 in 33,294,800 per play
Your odds, to scale
- Odds of winning a prize1 in 7.0
- Odds of winning the top prize1 in 33,294,800 per play
Logarithmic scale: each mark is 100 times less likely than the one before. The longer the bar, the less likely the outcome.
To picture the longest of these odds: it is like guessing one exact second picked at random over 385 days.
Overview
WESTERN MAX is the regional “Max-style” lottery of the Western Canada Lottery Corporation (WCLC). It is sold only in the Prairie provinces and the northern territories and is not available through Loto-Québec, which offers Québec Max instead.
It is drawn on the same nights as the national Lotto Max. On top of the $2,000,000 top prize, additional draws award $1,000,000 prizes to exact 7-number matches. The odds of winning the top prize remain very long, about one in 33 million per play.
Rules and how it works
- A $2 play includes 3 selections of 7 numbers from 1 to 50.
- Matching all 7 numbers in the main draw wins $2,000,000, won or shared; lower prizes range from a free play to $100,000 (6/7+B).
- Additional draws require an exact match of all 7 numbers for a $1,000,000 prize.
- Sales close at 9:30 p.m. CT, 8:30 p.m. MT or 7:30 p.m. PT on the draw date.
- The EXTRA add-on can be played for $1 more, and Advance Play covers 1 to 25 draws.
Minimum age
In Québec, buying lottery tickets and taking part in games of chance is restricted to people 18 and over.
Data source
The figures on this page come from the game’s official page, checked October 8, 2026. They can change, so always check the source before you play: www.wclc.com.
See also
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