RICHMOND, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwire – Oct. 27, 2010) – MAXMILLIONS are once again available for this week’s LOTTO MAX draw, which is worth an estimated total of $61 Million.

Every $5 LOTTO MAX ticket sold for Friday’s draw offers players three chances to win the $50 Million jackpot plus one of an estimated 11 MAXMILLION prizes of $1 Million each, which means the draw could produce as many as twelve new LOTTO MAX-millionaires in a single night.

Winning a MAXMILLION prize is similar to winning the main jackpot – a player must match all seven winning numbers drawn for that prize.

If no ticket wins the $50 million jackpot, it will again carry over to the next draw, along with any MAXMILLIONS that are not won. However, if the $50 million jackpot is won, any MAXMILLIONS that are not won will be added on to the next jackpot, which resets to $10 million.

So far this year, B.C. has produced three LOTTO MAX jackpot winners: Kevin Bowser from Houston, B.C. split a $19 Million jackpot with Ivan Catchpaw of Abbotsford with each taking home $9.5 Million, while Derek and Frances Bird of Surrey set a new B.C. record as the richest jackpot winners in this province’s history when they claimed a $25 Million LOTTO MAX prize.

LOTTO MAX:

• Draws held each Friday night
• Each $5 ticket features 3 chances to win (7 numbers each)
• To win a jackpot players must match 7/7 numbers (from 1-49)
• Odds of winning a LOTTO MAX jackpot or MAXMILLION prize are one in 28.6 million per play
• Odds of winning any prize are one in 6.6 per play

MAXMILLIONS:

• When the main jackpot reaches $50 Million, additional ticket sales are used to fund individual prizes of $1 Million called MAXMILLIONS
• Each MAXMILLION prize is drawn separately, following the main draw
• Players must match 7 of 7 numbers to win the corresponding MAXMILLION

LOTTO MAX can be played at all BCLC retail locations and online at PlayNow.com. Winning numbers can be found online at bclc.com following each draw. Please allow extra time for MAXMILLIONS draws.

BCLC is a provincial Crown Corporation that offers socially responsible gaming entertainment while generating income that benefits all British Columbians.