Ottawa is producing millionaires at a record clip as lottery players claim prizes that reach up to $50 million.
The most recent prizeof $32 million was claimed by 26 Canada Revenue Agency current and former employees.
The group hit all seven numbers in last Friday's Lotto Max draw.
The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation says Ottawa lottery players hit eight mega million jackpots over $7 million in the last three years.
The odds of winning a jackpot are astronomical. For Lotto Max, it's 1 in 28 million.
That hasn't stopped the winning in capital city.
Below are a list of the winners since August 2011:
- August 12, 2011 - $7+M - Ottawa-area group (Lotto 6/49)
- December 30, 2011 - $50M Hawkesbury (Lotto Max)
- February 25, 2012 - $11.5M Limoges (Lotto 6/49)
- April 11, 2012 - $12+M - Ottawa (Lotto 6/49)
- September 13, 2013 - $15M - Killaloe near Pembroke (Lotto Max)
- November 16, 2013 - $20+M - Rockland (Lotto 6/49)
- March 28, 2014 - $48M Kanata (Lotto Max)
- June 6, 2014 - $32+M - Ottawa-area group (Lotto Max)
