TORONTO - What better way to start the holiday season?

After going unclaimed for several weeks, a single winning ticket for Friday night's $50-million Lotto Max jackpot was purchased somewhere in Ontario.

There were also 15 MaxMillions prizes of a million dollars each up for grabs, and four of them were claimed by ticket holders in Alberta, Ontario, Quebec, and St. John’s, Newfoundland.

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  • Picking a perfect NCAA bracket

    Odds: 13,460,000 to 1 (<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/top/542/2/Picking-a-perfect-NCAA-bracket-20-things-more-likely-to-happen-than-winning-the-Mega-Millions.html">Deseret News</a>)

  • Birthing identical quadruplets

    Odds: 13,000,000 to 1 (<a href="http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/03/30/mega-millions-jackpot-10-crazy-things-more-likely-than-hitting-the-winning-numbers/">Time</a>)

  • Becoming an astronaut

    Odds: 12,100,000 to 1 (<a href="http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/2012/03/29/13-things-more-likely-than-winning-the-mega-millions-jackpot/#4114-9">Seattlepi</a>)

  • Becoming president

    Odds: 10,000,000 to 1 (<a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/03/30/15-things-more-likely-to-happen-than-winning-mega-millions.html">Daily Beast)</a>

  • Dying by a hornet

    Odds: 6,100,000 to 1 (<a href="http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/2012/03/29/13-things-more-likely-than-winning-the-mega-millions-jackpot/#4114-9">Seattlepi</a>)

  • Dying from being left-handed

    Odds: 4,400,000 to 1 (<a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/03/30/15-things-more-likely-to-happen-than-winning-mega-millions.html">Daily Beast</a>)

  • Becoming a movie star

    Odds: 1,505,000 to 1 (<a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/03/30/15-things-more-likely-to-happen-than-winning-mega-millions.html">Daily Beast</a>)

  • Drowning in a bathtub

    Odds: 840,000 to 1 (<a href="http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/2012/03/29/13-things-more-likely-than-winning-the-mega-millions-jackpot/#4114-9">Seattlepi</a>)

  • Getting a royal flush in a first hand of poker

    Odds: 649,740 to 1 (<a href="http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/2012/03/29/13-things-more-likely-than-winning-the-mega-millions-jackpot/#4114-9">Seattlepi</a>)

  • Dating a supermodel

    Odds: 88,000 to 1 (<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/top/542/7/Dating-a-supermodel-20-things-more-likely-to-happen-than-winning-the-Mega-Millions-lottery.html">Deseret News</a>)

  • Being murdered

    Odds: 18,000 to 1 (<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/top/542/8/Being-murdered-20-things-more-likely-to-happen-than-winning-the-Mega-Millions-lottery.html">Deseret News</a>)

  • Dying in an asteroid apocalypse

    Odds: 12,500 to 1 (<a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/03/30/15-things-more-likely-to-happen-than-winning-mega-millions.html">Daily Beast</a>)

  • Finding a four leaf clover

    Odds: 10,000 to 1 (<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/top/542/12/Finding-a-four-leaf-clover-20-things-more-likely-to-happen-than-winning-the-Mega-Millions-lottery.html">Deseret News</a>)

  • Losing an appendage to a chainsaw

    Odds: 4,464 to 1 (<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/top/542/19/Losing-an-appendage-to-a-chainsaw-20-things-more-likely-to-happen-than-winning-the-Mega-Millions.html">Deseret News</a>)

  • Writing a New York Times bestseller (if you’re an author)

    Odds: 220 to 1 (<a href="http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/03/30/mega-millions-jackpot-10-crazy-things-more-likely-than-hitting-the-winning-numbers/">Time</a>)