Québec 49 Odds
Québec 49 draws 6 numbers from 49, which makes 13,983,816 possible combinations. Every figure below is worked out from that, not quoted from elsewhere.
Chance of matching
| Numbers matched | Odds per line | Winning combinations |
|---|---|---|
| 6 of 6 (jackpot) | 1 in 13,983,816 | 1 |
| 5 of 6 | 1 in 54,201 | 258 |
| 4 of 6 | 1 in 1,032 | 13,545 |
| 3 of 6 | 1 in 57 | 246,820 |
| 2 of 6 | 1 in 8 | 1,851,150 |
Main-draw odds only. Bonus numbers, extra games and add-ons alter some tiers, and prize amounts are not listed here because they vary by draw and are shared between winners — the operator's own breakdown is the right source for those.
What 13,983,816 looks like
A number that large is hard to picture, so: buying one line for every draw, twice a week, you would expect to cover all of them in roughly 134,460 years.
This is also why no selection method changes anything. Hot numbers, overdue numbers, birthdays and quick picks all face the same 1 in 13,983,816 per line, because the draw has no way of knowing how the numbers were chosen.
Results, archive and analysis, all from Loto-Québec draw data