A Lotto Max Jackpot Rolls to $85 Million, a Canadian Record
Nobody matched all seven numbers in Friday night's Lotto Max draw, which means the next jackpot rolls to $85 million — the largest prize in the history of Canadian lotto, according to Global News. There is no redesign behind the figure. The record is the product of a draw that failed to produce a winner, which is the only way a jackpot of this size gets built.
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Lottery records are failure stories in disguise: the biggest jackpot simply means the previous draw produced nobody at all.
Pushback
From the operator's side the rollover isn't a failure. A bigger number is the marketing, and $85 million is a very loud advertisement.