Still no winner for newest game in Arkansas as jackpot continues to climb
By Kate Northrop
Since the Arkansas Lottery launched its newest game more than two months ago, Lotto has yet to produce its first big winner, with the jackpot climbing to nearly $800,000 for Wednesday's drawing.
The state of Arkansas is still waiting for the first-ever Lotto jackpot winner to match six numbers as the jackpot steadily nears seven figures.
In September, the Lottery officially opened sales for Lotto, an in-state draw game featuring a starting jackpot of $250,000 that increases based on game sales with each consecutive drawing without a winner.
For the drawing on Wed., Nov. 30 at 9:00 pm CT, the jackpot stands at $796,000.
"We were extremely excited to offer Lotto to the people of Arkansas," Lottery Executive Director Eric Hagler said. "Our research indicated that Arkansas players wanted a game with higher starting jackpots that was exclusive to our state, and the fact that this jackpot is nearing $1 million has added to the excitement."
Having a game with a six-figure jackpot could be motivating, with many players feeling that a win of that value could be life-changing, Hagler continued.
While no one has yet to win the jackpot, the Lottery has awarded $279,921 in lower-tier prizes since the first drawing on Sept. 21.
To play Lotto, players choose six numbers from 1 to 40, and matching all six in any order will win the jackpot. A bonus number is drawn from the same pool of 40 numbers at the same time as the main six numbers and can be used to match other lower-tier prizes.
Lotto drawings take place at 9:00 pm CT on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Each play costs $2. Both winning and non-winning Lotto tickets may be entered in The Club for Points for Prizes. The winning numbers, jackpot, and prize amounts can be found on Lottery Post's Arkansas Lottery Results page.
When the good old RNG allows some lucky soul's #'s to come up, then they'll win.
Kate........I seem to remember you presenting us with a story about this particular lottery when it was first launched months ago. It is shocking that no one has won the first jackpot after all this time. It's going to be a great $800,000 Christmas gift for someone very soon. I wonder if I could drive from Nashville to Arkansas and buy a ticket before the 9pm CT deadline. Maybe not.
Did you get there in time or did you watch 9:00 slip by while waiting for a cop to write you a ticket for trying to drive a couple of hundred miles in 12 minutes?
Ha-ha-ha........No I never made the trip. Something told me it would be smart to reconsider that idea. But who knows? Maybe it will be still there for the taking after this drawing. If so, I will make the journey in the morning, not at night.
This is probably because of that $2 billion PowerBall Jackpots and/or because it's that pesky RNG again.
"Maybe it will be still there for the taking after this drawing. "
It did roll again. Based on the last 10 drawings it looks like sales are only around 50k tickets, so not surprising it's rolled a bunch of times.
You've certainly got enough time to get tickets for the next drawing, but even at 50 mpg you're looking at perhaps $25 to 30 worth of gas, not to mention your time, and wear and tear on the car.Spending $24 on tomorrow's MM drawing is cheaper and makes you almost 4 times as likely to win the $1 million 2nd prize, while still having a chance to win about 200 times as much as Arkansas is offering.