What is Extra and which Canadian lotteries have Extras to play?

Extra is a lottery available at most of the Canadian lotteries to play along with the main lotto. Each Extra Selection added will cost you $1 and you can add up to 10 Extras to your LOTTO MAX, Lotto 6/49, BC/49 or DAILY GRAND ticket. The Extra is four numbers from 1 to 99, which are randomly generated appear on your ticket and are entered into the Extra prize draw.

How to play Extra?

When purchasing your LOTTO MAX, Lotto 6/49 or BC/49 or DAILY GRAND ticket, you can add up to 10 Extras before purchase.

You can choose to add the Extra as part of a Lottery Subscription. If you select the Extra as a part of your Lottery Subscription, the Extra numbers will be different and randomly generated for each draw. Learn more about Lottery Subscriptions.

You can play Extra with the retailer or online. Any lottery ticket you purchase online at PlayNow is saved in your account. Any winning lottery ticket purchased on PlayNow will result in the winning amount being deposited to your PlayNow account. Visit the My Tickets page at any time to view the tickets you’ve purchased and to see if you’ve won!

The odds of winning any prize per $1 play are 1 in 6.5

 Canadian Lotteries that offer Extra

You will find Extra to play in many of the Canadian lotteries by WCLC, BCLC, Lotto Quebec and many more.

The main games to play Extra with are Lotto 6/49, BC/49, LOTTO MAX or DAILY GRAND. Each four-number Extra selection costs $1.00 paid to either an authorized retailer or where applicable. All four-number Extra selections are computer generated. If Extra is played, the word “YES” will appear beside each selection on a ticket. Each selection will be valid for the Extra draw on the draw date(s) listed on the ticket. A maximum of 10 Extra selections may be added to a single Eligible Game purchased at an authorized retailer or on PlayNow.

A maximum of 1 Extra may be added to a single Eligible Game that is available and purchased on Lotto Express, which is a lotto system that enables the sale of lottery tickets through any authorized retailer’s point of sale systems (“Lotto Express”).

Extra is not available for LOTTO MAX, Lotto 6/49, BC/49 and DAILY GRAND Free Plays except at select retail locations. CONSECUTIVE DRAWS 3. Extra can be played in conjunction with consecutive draws of Eligible Game.

In Lotto Quebec EXTRA $1,000,000 Grand prize is available with 4 Quick Play games, for one little extra dollar.

So note that Extra can be played in conjunction with consecutive draws of Eligible Games at:

• Authorized Retailers (excluding Lotto Express): When Extra is purchased through an authorized retailer, the four-number Extra selection(s) remain unchanged for each consecutive draw.
• PlayNow: When Extra is purchased through the PlayNow website, a different four-number Extra selection will be computer-generated for each consecutive draw and applicable for only that corresponding draw.
• Lotto Express: Consecutive draws are not available. DRAW 4. On each draw date for an Eligible Game, BCLC will cause four (4) numbers to be drawn at random from among all numbers from 01 to 99.

Prize Claim for Extra

A valid ticket for a draw bearing a winning selection accompanied with the word “YES” beside the winning selection of such draw is a Winning Ticket.

A Winning Ticket entitles its holder(s) to claim, for each such winning selection

Only one prize per winning selection may be claimed on a Winning Ticket.

For retail players, if a ticket becomes a Winning Ticket and is eligible for an additional draw(s) following the draw date for which a prize is claimed, then such prize will be paid and an exchange ticket will be issued for the remaining eligible draw date(s) and the ticket originally produced will, upon issuance of such exchange ticket, become void.

For PlayNow players, if a ticket becomes a Winning Ticket and is eligible for an additional draw(s) following the draw date for which a prize is claimed, then such prize will be paid directly into the associated PlayNow account and on all subsequent tickets that are part of a consecutive draw, new Extra four-number computer-generated selections will be entered automatically.