Loto Dame de Cœur Passes $5M: Canada's Biggest Pots
By Avery Chase Ellis · Last verified October 26, 2026 · Checked at the source
The largest charity card-lottery jackpot we track in Canada has crossed a new line. Quebec's Loto Dame de Cœur showed a progressive jackpot of $5,737,628 on its official site on October 26, 2026, up from $5,041,880 when we read it two weeks earlier, on October 12.
Here's where the biggest live jackpots stand, how they moved between our October 12 and October 26 reads, and who the money supports.
The biggest live jackpots right now
Jackpots as shown on each organiser's official page. "—" means the organiser doesn't currently publish that figure. Always confirm on the official page before buying.
| Lottery | Prov | Oct 12 | Oct 26 | Cards left | Next draw (as published) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loto Dame de Cœur | QC | $5,041,880 | $5,737,628 | — | Wed Oct 28, 8 a.m. |
| Russell Catch the Ace (CTA 8) | ON | $442,000 | $490,000 (estimated) | — | Sun Nov 1, 3:15 p.m. |
| PRH Foundation Catch the Ace 8.0 | ON | $242,512 | $275,332 | 33 | Wednesdays |
| Smack the Jack (Brandon) | MB | $224,472 | $280,542 | — | Oct 28 |
| Thunder Bay Catch the Ace #6 | ON | $236,188 | $261,645 | — | Tue Oct 27, 9 a.m. |
| OFAH Foundation Catch the Ace | ON | $193,467 | $217,494 | 28 | Thursdays |
Loto Dame de Cœur: a Queen of Hearts twist
Loto Dame de Cœur is run by the Fondation Santé Outaouais in Gatineau and is now in its fourth edition. It plays like Catch the Ace (Chasse à l'As in Quebec) with a different target card: the progressive jackpot goes to the drawn ticket holder whose envelope holds the Queen of Hearts. According to the official site:
- The jackpot starts at $100,000 and grows each week.
- The weekly winner takes 20% of that week's ticket sales. The week 21 weekly prize shown on October 26 was $123,368, and it grows as tickets sell until the draw.
- The other three queens pay secondary prizes (a trip, a grocery gift card or a car), each with a cash option.
- Half of all ticket sales go to the foundation.
Draws are Wednesdays at 8 a.m. It's licensed by the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux (RACJ), licence L-05402, and the site marks the game 18+. Online purchases are checked by geolocation, so you need to be in Quebec. Official site · more Quebec draws on our Chasse à l'As Québec page.
The Ontario pots
- Russell (Kin Club of Russell). Round CTA 8 began in April. The site showed week 28 results and an estimated jackpot of $490,000 on October 26, with week 29 on sale. Draws are Sundays at 3:15 p.m. AGCO licence RAF1460560. Official site
- PRH Foundation, Pembroke. $275,332 with 33 cards left at week 20 (October 26). Funds priority equipment for Pembroke Regional Hospital. AGCO licence RAF1555164. Official site
- Thunder Bay Catch the Ace #6. $261,645 at week 22 (October 26), supporting the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Foundation's work toward a heart surgery program. AGCO licence RAF1553363. Official site
- OFAH Foundation. $217,494 with 28 cards left at week 25 (October 26), funding fish and wildlife conservation. AGCO licence RAF1448618. Official site
All of Ontario's live draws are on our Ontario Catch the Ace page.
Manitoba: Smack the Jack
Smack the Jack in Brandon swaps the Ace for the Jack of Spades. It showed $280,542 at week 17 on October 26, with the next draw October 28. Brandon Seniors for Seniors receives 40% of all ticket sales, according to the official page. The site says the last round's winner "Smacked the Jack" on April 1, 2026, and took home $1,030,530. Licence 4474-RF-52100 (Liquor, Gaming and Cannabis Authority of Manitoba). Official site
Manitoba's other headline pot of the fall is gone: La Broquerie Helping Hands' $348,445 round was won on October 8 (our report). Its new series showed $29,325 with 50 cards left on the organiser's poster for the October 29 draw, read October 26. See the organiser's page and our Manitoba page.
Deep in the deck
Want the rounds closest to the end instead of the biggest? Our companion post covers every live round with 15 cards or fewer (Decks getting small). Keep the two odds separate: a smaller deck raises the chance the envelope is the Ace if your ticket is drawn. It doesn't change the chance of your ticket being drawn, which usually shrinks as a pot grows and more tickets are sold. The full explanation is on How Catch the Ace works, and you can sort every live lottery by jackpot or by fewest cards on our full list.
Licensing and playing within a limit
Each of these lotteries is licensed in its own province, by the AGCO in Ontario, the RACJ in Quebec and the LGCA in Manitoba. You generally need to be physically in that province to buy, and age limits (18+ or 19+) are set by each lottery's rules. Prize splits also vary by licence, so read the rules before you play.
The point of these games is the local cause. Set a budget before you buy and don't raise it because a jackpot is climbing. Free, confidential help: ConnexOntario 1-866-531-2600 · Jeu : aide et référence (Quebec) 1-800-461-0140 · Manitoba Gambling Helpline 1-800-463-1554. Other provinces are on our responsible gambling page. For the weekly numbers in one place, sign up for the jackpot email.
Play the Ace is an independent tracker. We don't sell tickets or run these lotteries.
