$2,000,000 – Joy and jubilation for two mother-in-law/daughter-in-law duos from Outaouais

MONTRÉAL, July 9, 2026 /CNW/ – Winners from the Outaouais region have taken home two $1,000,000 prizes in the past few weeks. On June 12, Pauline Lafontaine Gravelle came forward to claim the $1,000,000 grand prize she won in the Extra draw. Just over a week later, Paulette Sarrazin Dumoulin and Liliana Angelovici claimed their $1,000,000 Lotto 6/49 prize. Pauline and Paulette’s stories share one thing in common: their daughters-in-law played a key role.

A winning partnership

• Paulette Sarrazin Dumoulin and her daughter-in-law, Liliana Angelovici, have been playing the lottery together for a number of years. Paulette purchased their Lotto 6/49 ticket for the June 20 draw.
• The day before the draw, Liliana was talking with her mother-in-law about her future retirement. Little did she know that a lottery win would allow her to retire sooner than expected.
• When Paulette checked their ticket, she immediately called Liliana to tell her they had won $1,000,000. Shocked, Liliana could only say, “No!”
• Both winners plan to retire, and Paulette also intends to take a family trip to the Bas-Saint-Laurent region.
• The winning ticket was purchased at the Bowman convenience store at 32 Chemin de la Lièvre Nord in Bowman, in the Papineau RCM. The retailer will receive a 1% commission of $10,000.

Her daughter-in-law tells her she’s a millionaire

• Pauline Lafontaine Gravelle buys lottery tickets from time to time.
• When checking her Lotto Max ticket with Extra at a grocery store, she initially thought she had won $1,000 and was delighted by the nice surprise.
• Pauline’s daughter-in-law then checked the ticket using the Loto-Québec app and told her, “You didn’t win $1,000–you won a million!”
• With a prize 1,000 times bigger than she had expected, Pauline plans to spoil her children and travel to Ireland.
• The winning ticket was purchased at the O Pano 105 convenience store at 428 Route 105 in Bois-Franc, in the La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau RCM. The retailer will receive a 1% commission of $10,000.

About Loto-Québec

Loto-Québec has been delivering entertainment to Quebecers for over 55 years, and its operations benefit Québec as a whole. Last year, the corporation paid out a record $1.9 billion in prizes to winners and crowned 111 millionaires across Québec. It has also paid out over 20 lifetime annuities. Major prize winners are listed on the Winners page in the Lottery Games section of lotoquebec.com. Read all about their dreams.

The responsible commercialization of lottery and gaming products is central to Loto-Québec’s operations. The corporation has been granted the highest internationally recognized certification in responsible gaming by the World Lottery Association.

SOURCE Loto-Québec