How to play
Drop by one of our retail partner locations and fill out one of our registration forms.
Each form has a unique number, which is your player number. Register in one name only. You can register as many times as you like. All Bay Treasure Chest numbers registered in your name remain registered to you, unless retired by you in writing.
Tear off and keep your copy of the form and deposit the registration portion in the treasure chest.
You can start playing right away. You will receive email confirmation of your registration within 2 weeks; if you do not, please contact us.
To be eligible to win a weekly draw, you must play a toonie that week on which you’ve placed a BTC sticker with your registered number on it.
Print your number clearly on one of the yellow BTC stickers located at the side of each of our treasure chests. Attach one sticker to one side of the toonie and drop it in the chest. Don’t tape the sticker down or add a second sticker on the other side of the coin.
The cut-off time for play each week is Wednesday at noon.
Weekly draws from registered numbers are made every Wednesday afternoon. Winners are contacted by phone, and their name is announced on our social media and website, in our weekly newsletter, in The Masthead News, and at retail partner locations.
The draw is made from all active registered numbers, not from coins played that week.
Numbers registered during the week and up until chests are picked up on Wednesdays are included in the draw.
Playing the same number more than once a week does not increase your chance of winning.
The draw is from all registered numbers, not from numbers played that week, so the only way to increase your chances of winning is by registering and playing one or more additional numbers.
Where to play
Playing tips
- Bring your own toonie. Our retail partners are not able to provide change, which they require for their customers.
- Have your BTC number with you. Write your number on a BTC sticker and place it on the back of a card that you always have with you (e.g., debit or credit card).
- Make your toonie count. Remember that the draw is from all registered numbers, not the toonies played that week, so if you want more than one chance to win, register and play multiple numbers, not the same number on multiple toonies.
- Print your number clearly on the sticker. If you don’t think it’s clear enough, please don’t try to correct that sticker. Remove and discard that sticker and use a fresh one.
- Ensure your number is correctly registered. Don’t play a number registered to a person who is deceased, or register a number for anyone else who can’t win, such as someone under 19, or a pet.
Prize value
The draw’s value is 50% of the total amount of money played that week (from Wednesday after noon to the next Wednesday at noon).
If the number drawn has not been played that week, the prize is carried over and added to the next week’s prize. After four consecutive rollovers, draws will continue in the fifth week until a number that has been played that week is drawn.
Winners have 90 days from the draw date to claim their prize. Should a winner not collect their prize within 90 days, a second draw will be held.
Registered, active, inactive and retired—what does our BTC number terminology mean?
Each Bay Treasure Chest (BTC) registration form is pre-printed with a unique number. When you complete a registration form and drop it into a BTC treasure chest, that unique pre-printed number is registered in your name by BTC, and the number and your contact information are entered into our player database. That is now your registered number.
If you have played your registered number at least once during the previous year (that is, in the preceding 365 days), the number is considered to be an active number. If you have played that number during the week leading up to the draw, it is eligible to win that week’s draw. If the number is drawn, but you have not played it that week, the result of the draw is a rollover. That means the value of the prize is rolled over and added to the next week’s prize.
As of July 2, 2025, in response to a requirement from Alcohol, Gaming and Tobacco, which licenses our toonie draw, there is an additional category of BTC number, called an inactive number.
An inactive number is a registered BTC number that has not been retired and has not been played even once in the previous year. It is important to know that a number that has been inactive is still eligible to win a draw once it is played again. For example, if you haven’t played your registered BTC number for 14 months and then decide to play it, the number will win that week’s prize if drawn.
However, if an inactive number is drawn that has not been played that week, it will not result in a rollover. Instead, another number will be drawn. Either an active number—one played at least once in the preceding year—or an inactive number that has been played that week can win if it is drawn. A rollover will occur only if an active number that has not been played that week is drawn.
This change means there will be fewer rollovers.
A retired number is a number whose owner has contacted BTC to ask that the number be retired, or unregistered. A retired number cannot win a prize. If the owner of a registered number dies, their next of kin should, in writing, retire the number or request that it be transferred into another name within one year.