Lotto Max sales brisk as jackpot hits $70 million

TORONTO - There will likely be more millionaires in Canada after tonight's Lotto Max draw.

Ticket sales are brisk with a total of $70 million up for grabs in Canada's largest-ever pool of lottery prize money.

The Lotto Max jackpot is at its maximum of $50 million, the same as last week.

But the number of Maxmillions draws that go along with the maxed-out jackpot has jumped to 20 from five last week.

That means there are 20 separate draws of $1 million.

In February, two tickets split a $50-million Lotto Max draw -- one in Quebec and the other in British Columbia.

Last November, Marie Fontaine of Pine Falls, Man., pocketed a $50-million Lotto Max prize.

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  If no one comes forward to claim the winning $50 million ticket, it will be the largest unclaimed prize in Canadian lottery history.