Common questions and clear answers
Find concise answers to common questions about playing Daily Grand in B.C. Still need assistance? Contact the support team.
Getting started with Daily Grand
Each play is $3 and gives you five main numbers from 1 to 49 plus one Grand Number from 1 to 7. The optional Extra add-on is $1 per play.
Pick five main numbers and one Grand Number yourself on the How to Play page, or use Quick Pick to fill the grid. Continue saves your line; you review the game, draw, numbers, Extra and total ahead of payment, and you get a ticket ID once BCLC's central gaming system registers it.
It is a separate number from 1 to 7 that you pick alongside your five main numbers. Matching it is what unlocks the top prize tier, and matching it on its own still wins a Free Play.
Extra is an optional $1 add-on bought with an eligible game; it appears on your order as its own entry. Its four numbers (1–99) are assigned automatically. Prizes: 4 of 4 $500,000, 3 of 4 $1,000, 2 of 4 $10, 1 of 4 $1. You never need it to play Daily Grand.
If your line matches the Grand Number but none of the five main numbers (0 + Grand), you win a Free Play. It is automatically entered as a line for the following draw.
Draw times, winnings and probabilities
Every Monday and Thursday, shortly after 7:30 PM Pacific Time. Online sales close at 7:21 PM PT on draw days.
Buy your line before 7:21 PM PT on a draw day to be in that night's draw. Anything bought after the cut-off goes into the upcoming draw.
There are nine prize tiers, including a Free Play for matching only the Grand Number. The top two are for life: $1,000 a day for 5 + Grand Number, and $25,000 a year for 5 main numbers without it. Two main numbers without the Grand Number do not win a prize.
Yes. The grand prize can be taken as a single $7,000,000 payment instead of $1,000 a day for life, and the second prize as $500,000 instead of $25,000 a year. The choice is final and cannot be reversed. Where more than one ticket wins that same for-life tier, the cash payout is the only option. The for-life annuities are guaranteed for a minimum of 20 years; if the winner dies inside that period the balance goes to their beneficiary or estate.
The overall odds of winning any prize are approximately 1 in 6.8 per $3 play, but about 90% of those wins are a Free Play or $4. The odds of the grand prize are 1 in 13,348,188. See the full prize chart on How to Play.
It depends on where you bought the ticket and the amount. Online: up to $9,999.99 is credited automatically where the payment system supports it; $10,000 to $24,999.99 goes through a separate validation; $25,000 and over needs a prize claim. Retail tickets are redeemed at a retailer, a BCLC prize payout location or a BCLC office. For-life prizes always follow the for-life claim process. See How to claim a prize.
Account setup and identity checks
Daily Grand is for British Columbia residents who are aged 19 or above and physically located in B.C. Registration and play are limited to the province.
Complete the required identity and eligibility checks before playing: confirm your email, then upload one piece of government-issued ID on the Document Upload page. Your status shows as pending, approved or rejected within your account. Verification times may vary.
A B.C. driver's licence, a BC Services Card with photo, a Canadian passport, or a provincial ID card. Make sure all four corners are visible and the text is readable.
Your details are protected with encryption and used only to confirm eligibility and identity. See our Privacy Policy for how data is handled.
Staying within your limits
Yes. In My account you can set a weekly spend limit, a session time limit and reality-check reminders, and take a break of 1, 7 or 30 days. Our server enforces them; lowering a limit applies at once, raising one takes 24 hours.
Game Break is B.C.'s voluntary self-exclusion program. You can step away for six months, one year, two years or three years. Returning means completing Game Plan, a short reflective course.
Gambling Support BC is free, confidential and open 24/7 at 1-888-795-6111. Our Responsible Gaming page lists the tools and support available.
Game details follow the official Daily Grand Game Conditions and BCLC's supplemental conditions. If anything here differs from those documents, the official conditions apply.