{"id":13356,"date":"2026-03-19T15:11:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T15:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.thelotter.com\/?p=13356"},"modified":"2026-04-29T12:24:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T12:24:16","slug":"canadian-player-wins-powerball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelotter.com\/blog\/winners\/canadian-player-wins-powerball\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Wins US$1 Million in US Powerball through TheLotter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-778ab04d wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-84e35c37 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\"><div class=\"yoast-breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelotter.com\/\">TheLotter<\/a><\/span> \u00bb <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelotter.com\/blog\/winners\/\">Lottery Winners<\/a><\/span> \u00bb <span class=\"breadcrumb_last\" aria-current=\"page\">Canadian Wins US$1 Million in US Powerball through TheLotter<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-canadian-wins-us-1-million-in-us-powerball-through-thelotter\">Canadian Wins US$1 Million in US Powerball through TheLotter<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f84485de wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-ae48a1b85b009367b3d77707e8bcb0e5 wp-block-paragraph\"><em><em><em>P. from Quebec in Canada won&nbsp;<strong>US$1 million<\/strong>&nbsp;in the US Powerball on Saturday 27 February 2016, marking the second time in two months that a foreigner has won the coveted second prize in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelotter.com\/lottery-tickets\/usa-powerball\/\">US Powerball<\/a>&nbsp; through TheLotter.<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-layout-flex uagb-block-258e1cfa alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-a305a657 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-d2c25c18\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-f47c43350d1b12417370772f569fbbe2 wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;I woke up in Montreal this morning and I was looking and looking&#8230; And I said Jeez&#8230; I think I got the right numbers. But I wasn&#8217;t too sure and I called my son and said, &#8216;I looked at the numbers and I think we won!'&#8221; P. told us when we called him.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"529\" height=\"297\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/smPcEiYcgCA\" title=\"Phone call with Canadian Powerball winner at theLotter\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-64d88aec wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-84e35c37 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-d66aa7af\" id=\"Nya-Zeelands-Powerball\"><h2 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">Having Breakfast after a Hockey Game, He Discovers He\u2019s a Millionaire<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-5a9c190cf52db3d0a7ad80f00c187ed0 wp-block-paragraph\">On Saturday night 27 February 2016, 60 year-old P. was at a hockey game in Montreal with his son when down in the United States, in Florida to be exact, the US Powerball lottery held its Saturday night draw. Earlier that evening, before leaving his home 100 miles east of Montreal, he had received a reminder from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelotter.com\/\">TheLotter<\/a>&nbsp;that if he wanted to participate in the US Powerball that weekend, he\u2019d better act quickly. So before jumping into his car, P. went online, purchased 7 lines for his favourite US lottery and only then he made his way to Montreal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-b0c4c3d8fc5fe42cd5dcbd4720f254e0 wp-block-paragraph\">Over breakfast the following morning P. again checked his phone and that\u2019s when he discovered he had become a millionaire overnight \u2013 he had won the second prize in the US Powerball from Canada!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-64d88aec wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-84e35c37 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-d448e5cc\" id=\"Nya-Zeelands-Powerball\"><h2 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">Countless Canadians Joining TheLotter to Play American Lotteries Online<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-8702a0915ce770ff6acf2ba72814174a wp-block-paragraph\">P. had only joined TheLotter in January when the Powerball stood at an historic high. Along with many tens of thousands of his fellow Canadians, P. went online, trying to find a way to win big in the Powerball prize draw. The winning ticket was part of P.&#8217;s second-ever purchase at TheLotter. He bought seven Quick Pick tickets, so the winning ticket was randomly selected. The numbers may not have held any personal meaning for P., but that&nbsp;<strong>US$1 million<\/strong>&nbsp;figure sure means a lot!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-b0c4c3d8fc5fe42cd5dcbd4720f254e0 wp-block-paragraph\">Over breakfast the following morning P. again checked his phone and that\u2019s when he discovered he had become a millionaire overnight \u2013 he had won the second prize in the US Powerball from Canada!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-layout-flex uagb-block-adc0edd9 alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-ad588292\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;<em>I am happy that I found your company, TheLotter. We&#8217;re in Canada and it is hard to buy tickets from the States, so when I saw your site I said &#8220;Jesus, that&#8217;s nice!&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image uagb-block-5c3db594 wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-none\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thelotter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/021-pb-guide2.webp ,https:\/\/www.thelotter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/021-pb-guide2.webp 780w, https:\/\/www.thelotter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/021-pb-guide2.webp 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 150px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelotter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/021-pb-guide2.webp\" alt=\"Canadian Wins US$1 Million in US Powerball\" class=\"uag-image-13359\" width=\"506\" height=\"360\" title=\"Canadian Wins US$1 Million in US Powerball\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"img\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-64d88aec wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-84e35c37 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-4e314afaf6a90d43290d670886f1d92f wp-block-paragraph\">Since New Jersey is only five hours away by car, P. decided to drive down to the local offices to pick up his winning ticket and claim his prize in person, although he&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelotter.com\/blog\/help\/win-lottery-anonymously\/\">claimed his prize anonymously<\/a>. When asked what he plans to do with the money, P. said that he and his wife had decided to play it safe and not make any grand plans. He said that a cruise may be in the near future, but otherwise, the money will be safely put away in the bank for now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-0ad18f8c586f1c2c9ba6dadb2b431b81 wp-block-paragraph\">Initially P. said that he was skeptical about&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelotter.com\/lottery-tickets\/\">buying lottery tickets online<\/a>, but his experience with TheLotter&#8217;s customer support team put him at ease.&nbsp;<em>It&#8217;s a real good company and they&#8217;re honest and they tell you what everything is.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-1c1a7d54a07808f4c99df5d471920a9f wp-block-paragraph\">P. has continued to play different lottery games since his US$1 million win. In fact, he&#8217;s already won again&#8230; well it was a US$12 prize this time around, but perhaps the jackpot is just a few draws away! He says he will continue to play on TheLotter:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-layout-flex uagb-block-1f11bdf6 alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-a305a657 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-c6f73dfc\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-1526372d61eb899488622365a73944f8 wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;<em><em>With TheLotter, you can play lottery even in Canada, you can play in Australia, you can play everywhere in the world. That&#8217;s one big advantage.. so if you like lottery, it&#8217;s a nice site to go on&#8221;.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-soundcloud wp-block-embed-soundcloud\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Canadian Wins $1 Million in the US Powerball by theLotter\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F249475159&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=750&#038;maxwidth=500\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-64d88aec wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-84e35c37 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-c334b09f596695b0f354590cd54d4905 wp-block-paragraph\">Ready to follow P.&#8217;s example and win a&nbsp;<strong>US$1 million<\/strong>&nbsp;prize playing Powerball? Do you know&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelotter.com\/blog\/powerball\/odds\/\">how to win the Powerball<\/a>? Never miss another draw by taking out a Powerball subscription or by purchasing one of our many&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelotter.com\/blog\/help\/multi-draw-packages\/\">multi-draw packages<\/a>. Good luck!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-related-articles\"><strong>Related Articles<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query posts-grid is-content-justification-center is-layout-constrained wp-block-query-is-layout-constrained\"><ul class=\"columns-3 wp-block-post-template is-layout-grid wp-container-core-post-template-is-layout-d5e44b10 wp-block-post-template-is-layout-grid\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-8842 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-lottery-games\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group post-card has-ast-global-color-5-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-container-core-group-is-layout-98e19b98 wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-radius:12px;padding-top:12px;padding-right:12px;padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:12px\"><figure style=\"margin-bottom:1.5rem;aspect-ratio:3\/2\" class=\"post-card-image wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelotter.com\/blog\/lottery-games\/european-lotteries\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1012\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelotter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/42-europe.webp?wsr\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"All About the Best European Lotteries\" style=\"border-radius:6px;width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thelotter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/42-europe.webp 1012w, https:\/\/www.thelotter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/42-europe-300x213.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.thelotter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/42-europe-768x546.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1012px) 100vw, 1012px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<h2 style=\"margin-bottom:0.6rem\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-7ba53982cac883a293af5bb8449eb5f1 wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-ast-global-color-2-color has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelotter.com\/blog\/lottery-games\/european-lotteries\/\" target=\"_self\" >All About the Best European Lotteries<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Want to know more about Europe\u2019s most exciting lottery draws? 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