POKER LOTTO
Poker Lotto was launched by Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp (OLGC) in the year 2010. This lotto attracts all poker enthusiasts as it uses poker-playing card symbols instead of numbers. Also, it is an instant-win game with a nightly lottery draw.
As you know poker is a skill game and the thrill of playing poker is that you get to match wits with an opponent and play your cards in any way you deem fit. This Poker Lotto game appears to take that element out of poker and therefore is interesting to see people playing and liking this lotto game because of its simplicity.
What is Poker Lotto?
Poker Lotto is a $2 lottery game that provides players with two chances to win on a single ticket: an instant in-store win and a nightly draw. This means play in-store for a chance to win up to $5,000 instantly, then keep your ticket to see if you win the nightly $100,000 draw.
Up the ante with ALL IN, Poker Lotto’s $1 add-on game for a chance to win even bigger prizes including the progressive jackpot. The progressive jackpot starts at $10,000 and grows with each ticket sold! ALL IN is played on the instant portion of the game only.
How to Play Poker Lotto
- First, visit an authorised OLG retailer and buy a Poker Lotto ticket for $2 per hand.
- Each ticket provides a randomly generated five-card poker hand from a standard 52-card deck.
- Immediately upon purchase, check your hand for instant win combinations based on traditional poker rankings.
- Play up to 3 hands, $2 per hand. Raise the stakes and go All In for a chance to win the progressive jackpot.play up to 3 hands, $2 per hand. Raise the stakes and go ALL IN for a chance to win the progressive jackpot.
- Once printed, watch your Poker Lotto hand get dealt on the customer display screen. Hit a winning hand and win the corresponding prize.
- Keep your ticket for the nightly draw, where five cards are drawn. Match two or more cards from your hand to the drawn cards to win additional prizes.
What you Win?
There are two ways to win Poker Lotto.
- Instant Win: Experience the thrill of an instant poker game right on the customer display screen! With every ticket purchased, players have a chance to win up to $5,000 instantly by matching a winning hand.
- Nightly Draw: Nightly draws take place every night at 10:30 p.m. (Eastern Time). Match the poker hand on your ticket to the cards in the nightly draw, and you could win up to $100,000!
Note that Poker Lotto is a Quick Pick game only so selection slips are not required to play. Poker Lotto does not offer the option for Encore or advance play.
Jackpot in Poker Lotto
For an additional $1 per hand, players can opt into the ALL IN feature, which offers the chance to win a progressive jackpot starting at $10,000. The jackpot increases until it’s won and can exceed $100,000. To win the ALL IN jackpot, a player must be dealt a Royal Flush. Other high-ranking hands can win a percentage of the jackpot or fixed prizes
Pay Before You Play
Before receiving your Poker Lotto ticket from your retailer, the ticket must be fully paid for. Retailers can’t cancel a Poker Lotto ticket once it has been printed.
Since Poker Lotto features a new instant win component whereby customers can win instantly, customers must pay for each ticket before the retailer can process the transaction and give the ticket to the customer.
Your Poker Lotto ticket will have the date and time the ticket was printed at the top. The time on the ticket will match the time on the display monitor at the time of printing. Your ticket will have the date that your ticket is eligible for the Nightly Lottery Draw. It will also have an Instant Win message that will indicate if your ticket is a winner or a non-winner of an Instant Win prize. Your hand is used for both the Instant Win and the Nightly Lottery Draw. Cards will be printed on the ticket in the same order they are dealt on the display monitor.
Poker Odds
Instant Win
- You could win instantly if your Poker Lotto hand forms a Winning Poker Hand.
- Odds of winning an Instant Win prize: 1 in 4.85
- Odds of winning any prize: 1 in 3.66
| Poker Hand | Prize Amount |
|---|---|
| Royal Flush | $10,000 |
| Straight Flush | $1,000 |
| Four of a Kind | $100 |
| Full House | $50 |
| Flush | $30 |
| Straight | $20 |
| Three of a Kind | $10 |
| Two Pair | $4 |
| Pair of 10s or Better | $2 |
Nightly Lottery Draw Win
Every night at approximately 11 p.m., the Poker Lotto Nightly Draw takes place and 5 cards are drawn.
- If 2 or more of your cards exactly match the cards drawn (both rank and suit), you win the corresponding prize.
- Odds of winning a Nightly Lottery Draw prize: 1 in 15.01
- Odds of winning any prize: 1 in 3.66
| Matching Cards | Prize Amount | Odds |
|---|---|---|
| 2 of 5 | $2 | 1 in 16 |
| 3 of 5 | $10 | 1 in 240 |
| 4 of 5 | $100 | 1 in 11,059 |
| 5 of 5 | $100,000 | 1 in 2,598,960 |
How to claim the prize
If your Poker Lotto ticket wins an Instant Win prize, depending on the prize amount, you can claim your prize immediately or wait until after the Nightly Lottery Draw.
If your Instant Win prize is claimed immediately, before the Nightly Lottery Draw, your retailer will provide you with an Exchange Ticket that is valid for the Nightly Poker Lotto Lottery Draw only. This will void your original ticket and your Exchange Ticket will indicate that your Instant Win prize has been paid.
If your Instant Win prize is claimed after the Nightly Lottery Draw, prizes for both the Instant Win and Nightly Lottery Draw will be automatically combined and paid at the same time.
- Most retailers can pay prizes up to $200 and may pay prizes between $200 and $999.99. Lotto! Express retailers are unable to pay out prizes of any value.
- Designated regional prize payout locations can pay prizes up to $9999.99
- Prize claims of any amount can be claimed at either of Lotto Corporate Offices
- Confirm the hours of operation for the designated prize payout location before attending, as prize claim hours may be different from the location’s operating hours
- When planning to claim your prize allow time for the processing of the claim. On average, most prize claims can take up to 30 minutes to process.
- Also you may claim your prize by mailing your ticket to the Prize Payout office.
- Prizes must be claimed within one year following the draw date or before the expiry date as announced by BCLC
- For all other inquiries, call BCLC Customer Support at 1-866-815-0222
Claim Office Address
BCLC has two corporate offices where prize claims of any amount can be claimed.
- BCLC Head Office 74 West Seymour Street Kamloops, BC V2C 1E2. Prize Payout Hours: Monday to Friday: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturdays, Sundays and on holidays: Closed
- Vancouver: BCLC Marketing & Sales Office 2940 Virtual Way Vancouver, BC V5M 0A6. Prize Payout Hours: Monday to Friday: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturdays, Sundays and holidays closed.
Poker Lotto is available at authorized OLG retailers across Ontario. Also WCLC, ALC and lotteries in Saskatchewan offers Poker Lotto to play.
FAQs
How does Poker Lotto All In Jackpot grow?
Each Poker Lotto All In play across Ontario contributes to the Jackpot that starts at $10,000 and grows depending on the amount of tickets sold. until it’s won. Players can check for the Jackpot value by viewing the customer display screen attached to the lottery terminal.
What can I win?
There are five Poker Lotto All In prizes that correspond to the top five Poker Lotto Instant hands:
A Jackpot that starts at $10,000 and grows depending on the amount of tickets sold
A second prize that is equal to 10 per cent of the Jackpot value at the time of play (minimum $1,000)
$175
$75
$50
How many Poker Lotto All In plays can I purchase in one ticket?
You can play up to three (3) Poker Lotto hands per ticket and, similarly, can purchase up to three (3) Poker Lotto All In plays per ticket. Each Poker Lotto All In play costs an additional $1.
Can I cancel my ticket if I don’t want to play?
Since Poker Lotto offers customers a chance to win instantly, retailers are not able to cancel tickets once the ticket has been paid for and printed from the terminal.
What does the Lotto draw have to do with Poker?
The lotto draw in the Poker Lotto game is independent of an actual poker game. It is a traditional lottery draw that replaces numbers with playing cards. Players must match their cards to the cards drawn nightly to win.