Lotto Max Winning Numbers For Friday, October 8 Are In & It's A $31 Million Jackpot

Check your winning Lotto Max numbers!

Western Canada Editor

The results of Canada's Lotto Max are in — and you're in luck because, if you matched all seven numbers and the bonus ball, you could be winning $31 million.

Just think about what you could do with that amount of money. You could buy your forever home, go on the vacation of your dreams or help out family and friends.

Lotto Max Winning Numbers For Friday, October 8

The winning numbers for Friday, October 8, were 5, 16, 19, 21, 23, 31 and 36; the bonus ball is 46

The Encore winning number was 7553890. There were no winners of the $31 million jackpot.

Lotto Max Winning Numbers For Tuesday, October 5

The winning numbers for Tuesday, October 5 were 2, 10, 18, 19, 25, 42 and 48; the bonus ball is 21.

The Encore winning number was 3573231.

How does the Lotto Max work?

You need to select the correct seven numbers and bonus ball to win the jackpot. The results are announced at 10:30 p.m. ET on Tuesdays and Fridays.

It costs $5 per play and you get three sets, consisting of seven numbers from 1 to 50. Jackpots start at $10 million and can grow to $70 million.

Once the main Lotto Max jackpot reaches $50 million, additional $1 million Maxmillions prizes are also offered.

  • Western Canada Editor Daniel Milligan was the Western Canada Editor at Narcity Canada. He was responsible for developing trending news strategies and managing a team of writers and editors. Originally from the U.K., Daniel holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in journalism from Staffordshire University. Over the past decade, he has worked on major news stories including terror attacks in London, England, and Manchester, along with royal weddings, Brexit developments, the Canadian federal election and the Nova Scotia mass shooting. Daniel was a senior editor and newsroom leader at Trinity Mirror, one of the U.K.'s largest regional news websites. He would later move to Toronto and work at Yahoo Canada and CTV News/CTV National News.

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