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Powerball Jackpot Reaches $145 MillionReply
Connecticut has gone almost SEVEN YEARS since its last winner -back when there was no cash option.
Apr 30, 2004, 4:16 pm - CASH Only - Lottery News

Kentucky Lottery works to counter revenue lossReply
I would agree, but states like Connecticut are reluctant to part with their own in-state jackpot games.
Apr 26, 2004, 1:56 pm - CASH Only - Lottery News

Convenience store sells winning PA Powerball ticketReply
Connecticut hasn't had a PB winner since June 1997...back then, the original format (5/45+1/45), no cash option...
Jan 3, 2004, 9:20 am - CASH Only - Lottery News

Powerball Fact SheetReply
My favorite fact about PB is that Connecticut has not had a jackpot winner since 1997.
Jan 3, 2004, 8:22 am - CASH Only - Lottery News

Connecticut men charged with rigging machines in lottery schemeNews Story
Investigators uncover more than 20 retailers suspected of cheating State authorities continue to investigate the rigging of a Connecticut Lottery game they say increased the number of winning tickets and the payout to retailers. One store, operated by two Wallingford men charged earlier this year, took in over $200,000 in additional prize payouts due to the scheme, authorities say. Rahul Gandhi and Prakunj Patel, both of 37 Jobs Road, Wallingford, were arrested in March by the state Dep
Jul 13, 2016, 7:03 pm - Todd - Lottery News

CT Lottery aware of security problems before shutting down gameNews Story
Months before Connecticut Lottery's 5 Card Cash game was suspended, lottery officials knew there was a security issue that eventually allowed the game to be rigged, according to a four-month investigation. 5 Card Cash, a combination instant-win/evening-draw game, was suspended on November 14, 2015 after it was discovered that retailers were using a flaw in the computer system to rig the game to buy only winning tickets. The problem was the printer, say state investigators. If retailers ordere
Jul 7, 2016, 9:01 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Connecticut to audit lottery winners for back taxesNews Story
After successfully targeting deadbeat parents, the state of Connecticut is going after tax evaders' lottery winnings. Beginning Dec. 31, a new law will take effect requiring the Connecticut Lottery Corporation to deduct delinquent taxes, crosschecked with the Department of Revenue Services, from any claim of $5,000 or more. If someone is lucky enough to win a lottery prize and they also owe back taxes, it is reasonable to collect those taxes at that time, co-sponsor Rep. Gerald Fox, D-Sta
Dec 20, 2011, 7:42 am - Todd - Lottery News

Fire destroys car of Powerball lottery winnerNews Story
Fire officials are investigating the cause of an early morning car fire on the Merritt Parkway that destroyed an Audi R8 belonging to a Connecticut Powerball winner. According to reports, Rahul Patel, of Newington, was driving the car, only a week old, northbound on the parkway around 9 a.m., when, between exit 46 and 47 in Fairfield, he looked up in the rearview mirror and saw smoke. As the car's engine is in the rear, Patel pulled over to see if there was something wrong with the vehicle
Jul 11, 2010, 8:38 pm - Todd - Lottery News

CT Lottery CEO refuses to testify as to why official was placed on leaveNews Story
Hearing officer responds, 'If I had the power... I would put him in contempt' By Jon Lender President/CEO Gregory Smith of the Connecticut Lottery Corp. (CLC) repeatedly refused last week to say why he placed CLC Vice President Chelsea Turner on paid administrative leave July 15 from her $190,000-a-year job under a state personnel regulation that provides for investigation of alleged serious misconduct which could constitute just cause for dismissal. What was the reason that she was p
Aug 21, 2019, 6:11 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Connecticut woman stole more than $25K in lottery ticketsNews Story
Police in a small Connecticut town said a former gas station worker in stole more than $25,000 in scratch-off lottery ticket revenue from the business. Juliana Perillo, 55,was charged with first-degree larceny Monday in connection to lottery revenue that went missing from Petro Pat's in Wolcott. She was released on a promise to appear and is next scheduled to appear in court on July 2. Police said Perillo faked numbers on a store log sheet to make it seem like customers had returned their
May 23, 2018, 11:09 am - Todd - Lottery News