Daily Grand Turns 10 This Fall: 107 Draws Have Paid $1,000 a Day for Life
✓ Published July 9, 2026 · Built from verified draw data — our methodology
Daily Grand — Canada's only national annuity lottery — marks its 10th anniversary this October. Its very first draw took place on October 20, 2016 (winning numbers 8-14-18-35-37, Grand Number 5), and our archive now covers all 1,014 draws since.
The top prize is more common than you might think
The 5/5 + Grand Number top prize — $1,000 a day for life, or a $7,000,000 lump sum — has been hit in 107 draws over those ten years. That is roughly one winning draw a month, far more frequent than a Lotto Max or 6/49 jackpot, reflecting Daily Grand's better top-prize odds (1 in 13,348,188).
Annuity or lump sum?
$1,000 a day is $365,000 a year, tax-free. The annuity overtakes the $7 million lump sum after about 19 years — but the right choice depends on your age and what return you could earn investing the lump sum. Run your own numbers with our annuity calculator.
Latest results and payouts are always on the Daily Grand page; the complete first decade is browsable year by year.