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.

What happens to a dollar spent on the lottery?

[Financial year 2007–2008]

1. 53.99% to winners
2. 24.89% to the Québec government
3. 9.60% in administrative costs
4. 6.81% to retailers
5. 1.90% in ticket printing costs
6. 2.81% in taxes and special contributions

Sales by Product

As at March 31, 2009 (in thousands of dollars)

Lottery	Sales by Product
Lotto 6/49	534,635
Super 7	199,053
Québec 49	88,255
Extra	158,989
Banco	137,884
La Quotidienne	40,018
Jour de paye	10,792
Astro	4,792
Tango	1,795
Triplex	7,755
Vie de millionaire	6,695
Scratch tickets	520,131
Multimedia Lotteries	1,919
Televised Lotteries	13,639
La Mini	11,717
Special Editions	56,300
Teleactives	55,482
Sports Lotteries	51,683
TOTAL	1,910,534