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Someone in rural Alberta has 15 million reasons to smile

Someone in rural Alberta has 15 million reasons to smile
Jun 10, 2026
By Diego Flammini
Assistant Editor, North American Content, Farms.com

A LOTTO MAX ticket for $15 million was sold outside of Calgary and Edmonton

Rural Albertans should be checking their lottery tickets.

The Western Canada Lottery Corporation says a $15 million LOTTO MAX ticket sold outside of Calgary and Edmonton is outstanding from the June 5 draw.

The winning numbers are 11,16,27,34,40,47, and 49.

The winner(s) have one year to claim their prize.

It’s fun to fantasize about how to spend lottery winnings.

For that, let’s start with the Farms.com Real Estate page to purchase some land.

480 acres in Redwater, Alta., is available through CLHbid.com for a starting bid of $490,000.

Of those acres, about 415 are cultivated and have excellent soil quality to support crop production.

“The North Saskatchewan River flows just three miles to the east of Range Road 204, adding to the scenic and ecological appeal of the region,” the listing says.

With the land secured there’s $14.51 million left.

The next stop is the Farms.com Used Farm Equipment listings to build a fleet.

This fleet is based on the items with the highest prices listed on the equipment pages from Alberta dealers.

Piece of Equipment

Dealer

Price

2025 John Deere 9RX 830

Horizon Ag & Turf Ltd. - Lloydminster

$1,540,000

2024 John Deere P680 W/C850 TBH

Battle River Implements - Wainwright

$789,500

2025 John Deere 616R

Western Tractor – Medicine Hat

$1,110,600

2025 John Deere X9 1100

Horizon Ag & Turf – High Prairie

$1,375,000

2025 John Deere HDR 50

Horizon Ag & Turf – High Prairie

$230,000

2024 Brent 2098

Horizon Ag & Turf - Lloydminster

$320,900

Neco 16140

Flaman Agriculture - Fairview

$267,000

 

After building a beginner fleet, there’s still $8,877,000 left in the bank to use for inputs, precision ag tools, livestock investments, or to place under the mattress at night.

But if the money is burning a hole in your pockets, here are some ways to spend the remaining lottery winnings.

  • A suborbital space tourism experience from Virgin Galactic will cost about $750,000 per person.
  • On ShipSelector.com, a container ship built in 2008 can be yours for about $6 million.
  • With that ship you can sail to places like Belize where you can buy a whole undeveloped island for around $400,000.

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