Quebecers will soon be able to buy lottery tickets while paying for their groceries.
Starting this summer, Loto-Québec plans to introduce lottery ticket purchases through self-service checkout stations in major retail chains such as Maxi, Walmart and Costco. Customers will be offered the option to buy games like Lotto 6/49 or Lotto Max during checkout, with tickets printed directly from the same machine that produces their receipt.
The initiative follows several years of testing and development. Loto-Québec first revealed the project in 2022, when it began trials at its headquarters and explored ways to integrate lottery sales without slowing checkout lines. Age-verification measures will continue to be required to ensure buyers are of legal age.
“The arrival and growing popularity of self-service checkouts, we are looking to modernize our ways of operating to integrate our products into this new customer experience,” said Renaud Dugas, Spokesperson for Loto-Québec. “We are already integrated into the self-checkouts of two Super C stores in Montérégie. Ticket printing is done on our printers.
The new system will complement, not replace, the blue lottery terminals currently used in convenience stores, restaurants and other retail locations.
“Over the summer, we will be testing a pilot project with a few retailers, where the lottery ticket will be printed directly on the receipt paper,” added Dugas. “The idea is to offer a seamless experience for purchasing certain draw-based lotteries, such as Lotto Max or Lotto 6/49. That said, terminals will still be present at our retailers; there is no change in that regard.”
The announcement comes as Loto-Québec reported record annual sales exceeding $3 billion for the first time, generating a dividend of $1.52 billion for the provincial government.
