Lumsden Chase the Ace Ends Oct 29: $90,765 Final Draw
By Avery Chase Ellis · Last verified October 26, 2026 · Checked at the source
After months of Thursday-night draws at the Lumsden Hotel & Steak Pit, the Lumsden & District Lions Club's Chase the Ace is wrapping up. The club's page says it plainly: "Chase the Ace is coming to an end! FINAL DRAW THURSDAY OCT 29, 2026."
As of the club's latest update, the jackpot sits at $90,765.00 with 14 cards remaining. That makes it the largest live pot in Saskatchewan on Play the Ace, and one of the few in the country with a fixed end date.
What the club has posted
Everything below is from the official Lumsden Lions Chase the Ace page, read October 26, 2026:
| Final draw | Thursday, October 29, 2026. Draws are at 8 p.m. at the Lumsden Hotel & Steak Pit, streamed live on the club's Facebook page. |
| Jackpot | $90,765.00 |
| Cards remaining | 14 |
| Most recent weekly winner | October 22, 2026 — $6,806.00, Leanne Kettle |
| Tickets | $5 each, from Lions members, the Lumsden Hotel & Steak Pit, Lumsden Drugs, or by e-transfer to the club's Chase the Ace address (include your name, phone number and email in the memo). The page notes that tickets can only be purchased for the current draw. |
The pot has been climbing quickly as the deck shrinks. From our readings of the same page: $65,335.50 with 17 cards after the October 1 draw, $72,018 with 16 cards after October 8, $80,556 with 15 cards after October 15, and $90,765 with 14 cards after October 22. Weekly prizes have grown with it — the October 1 weekly winner took $4,145, the October 22 winner $6,806.
What "final draw" means here
A Chase the Ace round normally ends one of two ways: someone's envelope holds the Ace of Spades, or the licence period runs out. Lumsden's page announces an end date rather than a catch, so Thursday is the last night of this round whatever happens.
The page doesn't spell out the procedure for October 29. It does describe how a previous Lumsden round finished: the club says it "picked names until finally, with 2 cards left," a player "found the ACE and took home $11,742." If the club runs Thursday the same way, the jackpot would be awarded that night rather than rolling over. We're reporting what's posted, not predicting — the club's contest rules (linked from its page) and the Lions themselves are the source of truth for how the final night works. If you hold a ticket, that's worth confirming before Thursday.
For the basics of how the game works in any province, see our How it works page.
The odds, kept straight
With 14 cards left, a ticket that's drawn has a 1-in-14 chance that its envelope holds the Ace. That's the part a small deck improves. The chance that your ticket is the one drawn depends on how many tickets are in the drum that night, and the club doesn't publish that number. Both halves matter, and only one of them is in your favour as the deck gets smaller.
Who benefits
The Lumsden & District Lions Club runs the draw to fund its community projects. Lions clubs are volunteer service clubs; the Lumsden club's page lists this fundraiser alongside its other activities, and its earlier rounds have paid Aces of $26,530 and $11,742, with the proceeds going back into club work. Saskatchewan's charitable raffles are licensed by the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority (SLGA); eligibility rules, including who can buy and where, are set by the licence and the club's contest rules.
After Thursday
Once the draw is done we'll move Lumsden to Recently caught and record the final result exactly as the club posts it. Lumsden's page shows the club has started fresh rounds after past wins ("So the Jackpot is building again!"), but nothing about a new round is posted yet. When there is, it'll appear on our Saskatchewan Chase the Ace page and in the weekly jackpot email.
Other late-stage decks worth watching across Canada are on our full list of lotteries, sortable by fewest cards left. The Lumsden listing shows the "Updated" date for every figure we publish.
Play for the cause, within a limit
A fixed end date and a big pot can make a last draw feel urgent. It's still a charity fundraiser: decide what you'd be happy to give, treat the ticket as a donation with a chance attached, and leave it there. If gambling stops being fun, free and confidential help is available. In Saskatchewan, call the Problem Gambling Helpline at 1-800-306-6789. For other provinces, see our responsible gambling page.
Play the Ace is an independent tracker. We don't sell tickets or run this lottery. Always confirm details on the official Lumsden Lions Chase the Ace page before buying.
