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How to Play Banco:
1. Pick your own numbers numbers with the selection slip
2. Choose the Quick Pick selection or the Replay Option
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Banco |
Banco Spécial |
| Grand prize: |
$200,000 (for a 10-number wager at $1) |
$1,000,000 |
| Price per selection: |
Varies: $1, $2, $5 or $10 |
$5 |
| Type of wager: |
Between 2 and 10 numbers out of 70 |
20 numbers out of 70 |
| Frequency: |
Daily draw |
| Deadline for wagers: |
9:00 p.m. |
| Odds of winning a prize: |
Varies according to type of wager |
1 in 4.12 |
| Odds of winning the grand prize: |
1 in 2,147,181 |
1 in 4,763,044 |
| Payoff rate: |
49% |
50.17% |
For each Banco draw, balls numbered from 1 to 70 are placed in a single ball machine that enables 20 winning numbers to be drawn randomly. Players wager on between 2 and 10 numbers. So, you can participate in different types of wagers, such as wager 2, wager 3, wager 4, wager 5, wager 6, wager 7, wager 8, wager 9 and/or wager 10. You can also wager various amounts, such as $5 or $10. In all, there are 22 winning categories, varying from 2/2 to 10/10. With wager 10 at $1, you can win between $5 and $200,000.
The Quick Pick selection is a wager generated by the Loto-Québec computer.
For Banco, ask the retailer for the numbers of plays (up to 5 per ticket), the type of wager (from a 2-number wager to a 10-number wager), the amount you want to wager ($1, $2, $5 or $10), as well as the number of draws (up to 28) you want.
For Banco Spécial, ask the retailer for the number of plays (up to 5 per ticket) and draws (up to 7) you want.
You may also play Extra with both games.
Prize Payout:
Prizes are determined according to the number of the types of wager, the amount of the wager and the number of winning numbers. You can wage from 2 to 10 numbers. The following prize structure shows the prizes for a $1 wager.
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Type
of Wager |
Number of
winning numbers |
Category |
Prize*
($1 wager) |
Odds of Winning |
10
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10
9
8
7
6
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10/10
9/10
8/10
7/10
6/10
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$200 000
$5 000
$200
$25
$5
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1 in 2 147 181
1 in 47 238
1 in 2 571
1 in 261
1 in 44
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| 9 |
9
8
7
6
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9/9
8/9
7/9
6/9
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$50 000
$1 000
$100
$5
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1 in 387 197
1 in 10 325
1 in 685
1 in 86 |
| 8 |
8
7
6
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8/8
7/8
6/8
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$25 000
$200
$10
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1 in 74 941
1 in 2 436
1 in 199 |
| 7 |
7
6
5
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7/7
6/7
5/7
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$5 000
$50
$5
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1 in 15 464
1 in 619
1 in 63 |
| 6 |
6
5 |
6/6
5/6
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$1 000
$25
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1 in 3 383
1 in 169 |
| 5 |
5
4
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5/5
4/5
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$250
$5
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1 in 781
1 in 50 |
| 4 |
4 |
4/4 |
$100 |
1 in 189 |
| 3 |
3 |
3/3 |
$25 |
1 in 48 |
| 2 |
2 |
2/2 |
$7 |
1 in 13 |
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Loto-Québec reserves the right to limit the total prize amount per category to $4,000,000. In such a case, prizes for the category are determined in proportion to the amounts wagered on the winning selections for the category. |
Prize Payout for Banco Special:
Category*
(number of winning numbers) |
Prize** |
Odds of winning
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| 15 to 20/20 |
$1,000,000 |
1 in 4,763,044 |
| 14/20 |
$10,000 |
1 in 262,832 |
| 13/20 |
$1,000 |
1 in 20,907 |
| 12/20 |
$500 |
1 in 2,394 |
| 11/20 |
$50 |
1 in 385 |
| 10/20 |
$20 |
1 in 85 |
| 9/20 |
$10 |
1 in 26 |
| 8/20 |
$5 |
1 in 11 |
| 3/20 |
$5 |
1 in 14 |
| 2/20 |
$10 |
1 in 47 |
| 1/20 |
$20 |
1 in 266 |
| 0/20 |
$500 |
1 in 3,435 |
| TOTAL |
1 in 4.1 |
| * |
The 4/20 to 7/20 categories are non-winning categories to which no prize is attributed |
| ** |
Loto-Québec reserves the right to limit the total prize amount per category to $6,000,000. |
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