– British Columbias newest lottery game – Poker Lotto – officially launches today Monday June 6.
The new $2 lottery game replaces traditional lottery numbers with playing cards and features two ways to win an instantwin pokerthemed game and a traditional lottery draw.
Poker Lotto offers instantwins up to $5000 and nightly $100000 jackpot draws at 1100 pm.
Poker Lotto details
- Draws held daily starting June 6 2011
- Each $2 Quick Pick is randomly chosen from a standard 52card deck
- Players receive five playing cards for each per $2 play up to three hands per ticket
- In order to win the jackpot players must match 5/5 cards dealt
- Odds of winning the $100000 daily jackpot are one in 2.6 million per play
- Odds of winning any prize are one in 3.66 per play
Poker Lotto is available at all BCLC retail locations across the province. Lottery players in Ontario and Quebec are able to play their versions of the popular new game which is offered in both jurisdictions.