Due to slumping sales, Wild Card Lotto was dropped and Classic Lotto introduced Memorial Day weekend in 1999. 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). The matrix was changed to 6/40 in 1986, and to the current 6/44 in 1989.(The then-current game logo was 36, 40, or 44 yellow squares forming a rectangle, reflecting the game matrix.) The cash option was added in 1997. What is now Lotto! began in 1983 as Connecticut Lotto, a 6/36 game. Players win $2 by matching three of the six numbers drawn a parimutuel prize is won with at least four numbers. The minimum increase in the jackpot is $100,000 until won. The minimum jackpot is $1,000,000(annuitized payable in 21 equal yearly installments unless the cash option is chosen.) Unusually, the Lotto! jackpot increases only when its Tuesday night drawing is not won. Six numbers are drawn from a field of 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.) Lotto! Ĭonnecticut's in-house jackpot game, Lotto!, is drawn Tuesdays and Friday nights. The Kicker option gives a player more opportunities to win.

The basic Cash5 game costs $1 for an additional 50 cents, the Kicker option is activated.

Five winning numbers are chosen from a field of 35. The name was changed to Cash 5 when the Kicker option was introduced the game began nightly drawings. It expanded to three nights a week in 1995. Cash5 Ĭash5 is a nightly five-number game it was originally known as Cash Lotto when it debuted in 1992, and was drawn only on Saturdays. Play4 Ī four-digit numbers game similar to Pla圓. Bets include straight(all three digits in order), box(all three digits in any order) and pairs(any two digits). Tickets can be bought in 50-cent multiples. Virgin Islands.ĭrawings are broadcast on WCCT-TV(channel 20) the CW affiliate in the Hartford/New Haven television market.Ī three-digit numbers game-style game drawn twice daily, with day and night drawings. The Connecticut Lottery offers several in-house drawing games Connecticut also participates in Mega Millions and Powerball each are played in 44 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. The first tickets were sold on February 15, 1972. Thomas Meskill, who signed Public Act No. The Connecticut Lottery Corporation, also called the CT Lottery, is the official lottery in Connecticut.

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