How we verify lottery results
Every winning number on this site is collected automatically from the lottery corporation that runs the game — BCLC, WCLC, the Atlantic Lottery Corporation or Loto-Québec. For four games (Ontario 49, Lottario, Québec 49 and Québec Max) we use independent public result publications instead, and a draw is only shown as verified when two of them agree. Official lottery records always prevail.
Sources: official lottery corporation pages · page updated · how we verify
Sources by game
| Games | Source | Label on the page |
|---|---|---|
| Lotto Max, Lotto 6/49, Daily Grand | Results published by BCLC (PlayNow), with the Western Canada Lottery Corporation as a fallback when BCLC is late | Verified official |
| BC/49 and BC Extra | BCLC (PlayNow) | Verified official |
| Western Max, Western 649, EXTRA | Western Canada Lottery Corporation (WCLC) | Verified official |
| Atlantic 49, TAG | Atlantic Lottery Corporation (ALC) | Verified official |
| Grande Vie, Banco, Quotidienne, Tout ou rien, La Mini, Extra (Québec) | Loto-Québec published results | Verified official |
| Ontario 49, Lottario, Québec 49, Québec Max | Independent public result publications, compared number by number | Unofficial, cross-checked |
How a draw is checked before it appears
- Rules of the day. Each draw is checked against the game rules that applied on that date — for example Lotto Max used numbers 1–50 until April 13, 2026 and 1–52 from April 14, 2026. A number outside the range is rejected.
- Two sources must agree for the four cross-checked games. If only one source has published, the draw is shown and re-checked automatically until a second source confirms it.
- No silent overwrites. Once a draw is stored, a later source that reports different numbers does not replace it — the conflict is flagged for a person to check against the corporation's own result.
- Partial results are labelled. MAXPLUS and MAXMILLIONS selections can be published after the main numbers, occasionally the next morning. Until they arrive, the page says the draw is partially published rather than presenting it as final.
- Winner locations are shown only as published by the corporation (region, sometimes the city where the ticket was sold). WCLC does not publish locations for Western Max and Western 649, so we never guess them.
When results appear
National draws (Lotto Max on Tuesday and Friday, Lotto 6/49 on Wednesday and Saturday, Daily Grand on Monday and Thursday) take place at about 10:30 PM Eastern Time. Numbers usually appear here between 10:35 and 11:00 PM ET; prize payouts and winner locations follow as each corporation publishes them. If a corporation publishes late, the site checks again overnight, including at 2:00 AM ET.
Corrections
If a number on this site does not match the official result, tell us with the game, the draw date and the page. We check it against the corporation's published result and correct the draw and its prize table together. Significant corrections are listed here.
| Date | What was wrong | What we changed |
|---|---|---|
| The Lotto Max jackpot history and MAXPLUS pages said MAXMILLIONS had been replaced by MAXPLUS in April 2026, and called the $70 million cap the Canadian record. MAXMILLIONS is still drawn whenever the jackpot is $50 million or more, and the cap has been $90 million since April 14, 2026. | Corrected both pages, the MAXPLUS comparison table and the new-rules guide ("$50 million or more"), and stated that MAXPLUS and MAXMILLIONS prizes are shared when several tickets match the same selection. | |
| On the Lotto 6/49 page, the Gold Ball line said the jackpot "grows to" an amount that was actually the jackpot at stake in the draw just held. | The line now gives that draw's Gold Ball jackpot and, separately, the corporation's estimate for the next draw when it has been announced. | |
| Lotto Max bonus selections drawn before April 14, 2026 were labelled "MAXPLUS, $100,000". They were MAXMILLIONS draws worth $1,000,000. | Relabelled every affected draw as MAXMILLIONS and restored the winners of those selections. | |
| Some prize tables listed the same prize level more than once (for example "5/6 + Bonus" three times) because the source repeats each level for every region with a winner. | Each prize level now appears once, with the national number of winners. | |
| The Gold Ball tracker showed the jackpot of the draw that had just taken place as the current jackpot. | The tracker now shows the jackpot for the next draw, taken from the corporation's announcement for that date. | |
| Daily Grand's Grand Number was called a "bonus" number in page summaries. | Renamed "Grand Number" everywhere. |
Who checks
Results are collected by software and reviewed by the Canada Lotto Results editorial team, which also writes the guides on this site. Read more about the site and its editorial policy.