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Friday the 13th will never be considered an unlucky date for someone in Ottawa.

Friday night’s Lotto Max draw, after coming up zero for players for several weeks, featured one winner of the big $60-million top prize.

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And he/she/they bought the valuable strip of paper in Ottawa, according to OLG, the provincial gaming agency.

If history is any indication, the big winner may now be going quiet to take some quality time to get their financial ducks in a row for the life-changing event.

Typically, the lucky ones talk to family, lawyers and financial advisers, both to get a plan together and to avoid scammers.

The tickets are valid for one year. In 2015, a $50-million winner in British Columbia waited until five days before the ticket expired before claiming.

Generally, lottery winnings are not taxable for Canadian tax purposes.

Other significant winners Friday night included two MAXMILLIONS ticket, worth $1,000,000 sold in Toronto and Richmond Hill. And one MAXMILLIONS ticket worth $500,000 was sold in the Bowmanville area.

Six second prize-winning tickets worth $175,009.30 each, were sold in the Thornhill area, the Windsor area, Toronto, Kitchener, Mississauga and Whitby.

Two ENCORE tickets, worth $100,000 each, were sold in Mississauga and Hamilton

Lottery players can check their numbers on the Winning Numbers page on OLG.ca or on the OLG Lottery App.

Since its launch in September 2009, Ontario LOTTO MAX players have won over $4.2 billion, including 58 jackpot wins and 452 MAXMILLIONS prizes.