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Millionaire Life

The Interprovincial Lottery Corporation (ILC) administers the unique National Millionaire Life game. ILC is the umbrella organization uniting the 5 jurisdictional lottery corporations of Canada: British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC), Western Canada Lottery Corporation (WCLC), Ontario Lottery and Gaming (OLG), Loto-Quebec and Atlantic Lottery Corporation (ALC).

The game is unique due to its jackpot prize and the guaranteed winnings. The first prize in Millionaire Life is an annual payment of million for 25 years. Additional prizes include 4 prizes each million, 20 prizes of 0,000 each and so on. Since the numbers are drawn from the actual sold tickets the prizes are always distributed. For example, a player matching the first 6 digits of the chosen number (the same 7-digit number awards its ticket holder with first prize) wins ,000 where as a player matching the last 2 digits will win .

The Canadian promotion period for the winter 2009 game was from January 26th to February 28th, 2009.

Tickets, Costs and odds

The regular tickets to Millionaire Life are for an 8-digit number selection. ticket will buy 3 times 8-digit number selection and a ticket will buy 7 times 8-digit number selection. The number selection is a machine made (Quick Pick), that guarantees that any ticket sold has a unique 8-digit number, so no duplicate numbers can win the first prize

Another special feature of the game is that the 0,000 prizes can be won only by tickets bought months a head of the draw. So, Early birds might really catch the worm, or in this case higher chances for prizes. So the 14 first winning numbers will be from tickets bought early and are entitled for the 0,000 prize, if it is a perfect match. In addition the early "Birds" player have a higher chance to win a prize on the main draw.

Millionaire Life odds of winning cannot be predetermined as they are absolutely directly correlated to the number of tickets sold. For example the sales in 2008 reached .7 million Canada wide and as a result the odds of winning the jackpot were 1: 4,539,841.

The draws

Millionaire Life lottery draw has in fact 4 separated draws. Top Prize Main Draw, awarding the Million a year for 25 years. Only one number wins and it is selected from all the tickets sold. ,000,000 Subsidiary Draw, awarding 4 prizes of million each, also for a perfect match from all the sold tickets. 0,000 Subsidiary Draw, awarding 20 prizes of 0,000 each for a perfect match from all the tickets sold. 0,000 Early Bird Draw, awarding 14 prizes of 0,000 each for a perfect match from the tickets sold in the early sale.

Word to the wise

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It is important to think in advance what are the expectations from the lottery game and read all game rules prior to participation. That will ensure that no conflicts are created and that the ticket will not be disqualified or canceled. It is also imperative for a player to maintain the ticket receipt as it often being requested in order to claim the prize.