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Would you quit your job if you won the lottery? For Mohamed Karim Mamlouk, a Revenu Québec employee who just won Lotto 6/49's $50 million jackpot, the answer is a resounding "no."

"The day he found out he’d become a multimillionaire, Mamlouk was entrusted with new responsibilities at work and had an excellent day. So, he’s not planning on saying 'bye-bye, boss!' just yet and hopes to keep a similar lifestyle," says a Loto-Québec press release.

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Good deeds certainly don't go unnoticed.

Kevin Fréchette from Estrie, Quebec won a million dollars playing the lottery and discovered the life-changing news while helping his friend move.

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A group of 28 co-workers from the Université de Montréal won the Lotto 6/49 jackpot and will split the whopping $5,000,0000 jackpot.

The winning members hail from several regions across Quebec including Centre-du-Québec, les Laurentides, Montérégie and Montréal. All 28 colleagues arrived at the Loto-Québec head office where they received their share of the jackpot during a press conference.

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On December 17, Loto-Québec tweeted out a message stating they were looking for the winner of the Lotto Max $40 million jackpot from the December 16, 2022, draw.

"A winning ticket worth $40 million was sold in Quebec for yesterday's draw. We invite all Quebecers who participated in the draw to check their tickets!" Loto-Québec wrote.

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Many of us dream of winning the lottery and have even thought about what we'd spend our millions on, right? Now, imagine winning big and not even knowing it? Well, that's currently the case for one Quebecer who just won the $40 million Lotto Max jackpot.

Loto-Québec tweeted out a message stating that the winning ticket was sold in Quebec and has yet to be validated.

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Ever wish you could win millions playing the lottery? Well, if it hasn't happened for you yet, then you can live vicariously through this Quebec couple who won three free plays on their Quebec Max ticket. Oh, and $2 million!

Josée Proteau and her spouse, René Bourgault, who live in Estrie, won the $2,000,000 grand prize in the August 26 Québec Max draw. Proteau was the first to verify their ticket, which was purchased from a Boni-Soir in Sherbrooke, and noticed that they had won three free plays and an impressive $2 million.

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Keven Baribeau of Quebec has claimed a total of $1,025,000 in lottery winnings this year alone. The Capitale-Nationale resident won his first sum, $25,000, in the Extra draw on August 2.

A million-dollar windfall came 52 days later, on September 23, when he won a Maxmillions draw. He received his absurdly large cheque on his birthday.

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You know how Scotiabank always says "you're richer than you think?" Well for two lucky Loto-Québec ticket owners, that phrase is very, very true.

In a notice shared with Narcity, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) revealed that the jackpot for the Saturday, January 29 draw was $14,205,912.77 and the prize is being split between two different tickets.

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Perseverance has paid off big time for Olivia Delos Reyes. The Montreal woman just won Lotto 6/49's $10,990,458 jackpot after playing the same combination of numbers for 16 years — though she's not keeping the whole fortune for herself.

In a video posted to the Loto-Québec YouTube page, Reyes says she is going to split the prize money with members of her "lottery group."

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