Connecticut Lottery

Drawings were broadcast on WCCT-TV (channel 20), the CW affiliate in the Hartford/New Haven television market prior to June 30th, 2024.

[2] A three-digit numbers game-style game drawn twice daily, with day and night drawings.

The name was changed to Cash 5 when the Kicker option was introduced; the game began nightly drawings.

[5] Connecticut's in-house jackpot game, Lotto!, is drawn Tuesdays and Friday nights.

Six numbers are drawn from 1 to 44; the 6/44 matrix has been used continuously since 1989, when the game's name was its original name, Connecticut Lotto (without an exclamation point).

The minimum jackpot is $1,000,000 (annuitized; payable in 21 equal yearly installments unless the cash option is chosen.)

The game became Wild Card Lotto in 1998(adding a seventh ball, which was used for additional lower-tier prizes, but not for the jackpot).

tickets, including Advance Action, purchased on or before March 9, 2013 have "Classic Lotto" printed on them, but were valid for draw(s) under the new name.

Keno wagers may be made at any Connecticut Lottery retailer, although only those in a "social" setting have a monitor for witnessing the computer-drawn numbers.

Each game in a family contributes to ONE progressive jackpot that grows with ticket sales, until someone wins.

Fast Play also offers single top prize games such as BINGO and CASHWORD.

Played similar to tic-tac-toe, each $2 ticket contained eight numbers, with a "$" free space in the middle.

The player needed to make at least two complete horizontal, vertical, or diagonal lines to win a cash prize.

A ticket(quick-pick only) won instantly if it matched a poker hand(straight, flush, or "jacks-or-better)."

Jackpot winners chose either 30 graduated annual payments(increasing 5% per annum) or the cash value option.

The "Just the Jackpot" option for Mega Millions, which began with the October 2017 format change(all six numbers must be matched to win), is not available in Connecticut.)

[7] A jackpot of $254.2 million was won in the November 2, 2011, drawing by one ticket, sold in Fairfield County.

The Connecticut Lottery, in April 2011, began its "Replay" option; players can use old tickets, in lieu of betting cards, to repeat number selections played in the appropriate games.

[3] The replay feature makes use of either of the two large data matrix barcodes found on Connecticut Lottery tickets.

They contain information such as The Connecticut Lottery offers numerous scratch games with price points of $1, $2, $3, $5, $10, $20, $30, and $50 with differing themes and prize levels.

None of the winners of previous versions of Connecticut "lifetime" scratch games could receive their prize in cash.)

The two large data matrix barcodes on this ticket are used to activate the Replay feature on Connecticut Lottery terminals.