Toronto, ON – LOTTO SUPER 7 is preparing for retirement while a new national lottery game that offers Canadians even more of what they’re looking for - big jackpots and more millionaires than ever before - waits in the wings.

The Interprovincial Lottery Corporation (ILC), which administers national games with Canada’s five regional lottery corporations, announced today that starting September 25, 2009, draws for a brand new game will be held on Friday nights. That means LOTTO SUPER 7, Canada’s current Friday night lottery, will be coming to an end after 15 years.

As a first step towards launching the new game, the three regional lottery corporations that provide LOTTO SUPER 7 subscription services are informing their subscribing customers that the game will end with the draw of September 18, 2009. Players holding current LOTTO SUPER 7 subscriptions with British Columbia Lottery Corporation, Western Canada Lottery Corporation and Loto-Quebec will be receiving further information in the mail from their regional lottery.

Until September 18, 2009, all Canadian lottery players can still enjoy the multi-million dollar jackpots and subsidiary prizes available on LOTTO SUPER 7. If the final LOTTO SUPER 7 jackpot is not won, it will roll down and be shared among the winners in the next prize category.