Millionaire Life is the exciting nationwide lottery game offering a guaranteed top prize of $1 million a year for 25 years – and it’s easy to play!
Simply visit any lottery store in B.C. from January 26 - February 28, 2009 and ask the retailer for your Millionaire Life ticket, choosing one of three Quick Pick options:
- One 8-digit number for $5
- Three 8-digit numbers for $10
- Seven 8-digit numbers for $20
Note: Millionaire Life selections are assigned by the lottery terminal. Each selection consists of an eight-digit number, with a dash separating the first six digits from the last two digits.
How To Win
Sales for Millionaire life will be cut off at 6 p.m. (PT) on Saturday, February 28, 2009.
Draw for Early-Bird Prizes
A computer will randomly select 14 different Early-Bird winning selections. Tickets purchased prior to and including February 14, 2009 are eligible for both the Early-Bird prizes and main prizes.
The holder(s) of a ticket with a selection that exactly matches, in the same order, any one of the 14 winning Early-Bird selections will win a prize of $100,000.
The 14 selections in the Early-Bird draw will also be eligible for the main prizes.
Main Draw
A computer will randomly select 25 different winning selections from among all the selections assigned to tickets purchased by the sales deadline.
The holder(s) of a ticket with a selection that exactly matches, in the same order, any one of the 25 winning main draw selections will win a prize as outlined below.
Prize Payout
| Draws |
Prizes |
# of Prizes |
| Main Draw |
Exact match 8 numbers |
$1,000,000 a year for 25 years ($17,000,000 lump sum) |
1 |
| Exact match first 6 numbers* |
$1,000 |
Variable |
| Exact match last 2 numbers** |
$20 |
Variable |
| Subsidiary Draws |
Exact match 8 numbers |
$1,000,000 |
4 |
| Subsidiary Draws |
Exact match 8 numbers |
$100,000 |
20 |
| Early Bird Prize Draws*** |
Exact match 8 numbers |
$100,000 |
14 |
* To win a $1,000 prize, the first 6 numbers of your selection must exactly match the first 6 numbers of the Main Draw winning selection only.
** To win a $20 prize, the last 2 numbers of your selection must exactly match the last 2 numbers of the Main Draw winning selection only.
*** All numbers on tickets purchased by February 14, 2009 11:59 p.m. PT are also eligible for the Earl-Bird prize draws on February 28, 2009.
Odds
Odds of winning an Early-Bird prize are 14 out of the total of all selections eligible for the Early-Bird prizes draw.
Odds of winning the Top Prize, $1,000,000 prize and $100,000 prize are dependent on the number of tickets sold.
Odds of winning $1,000 are 1:1,000,000
Odds of winning $20 are 1:100
Group Release Form
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