Richer, who's in his 60s, has a job in shipping and has been working for 40 years now. His daughter actually screamed when she saw the win but everyone thought she'd seen a spider.Įven though Richer won $50 million over the Thanksgiving weekend, he still went back to work on Monday, October 9 just as expected at 4:30 a.m. Then, the day after the draw, Richer's spouse and daughter were on the Loto-Québec Lotteries app when they realized that one of his selections was the winning numbers for the $50 million jackpot. He also bought a Lotto Max ticket which ended up being the Lotto Max jackpot winning ticket for that draw! Richer was shopping at the Super C - which is a Quebec discount supermarket chain - on Boulevard Champlain with his daughter to get groceries for Thanksgiving dinner. Pierre Richer who won a $50 million Lotto Max jackpot.
The Lotto Max winning numbers for the draw that won Richer the jackpot were 4, 17, 20, 23, 25, 27 and 41. This massive jackpot was up for grabs in the draw on Friday, October 6, 2023, which also had two Maxmillions available to be won. Pierre Richer, who is a Montrealer, won the $50 million Lotto Max jackpot that was recently up for grabs, Loto-Québec revealed on October 12, 2023.