Connecticut Classic Lottery CT 6/44

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Todd — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 01:09:07 GMT

That's right, it was a different game. The Lotto game (not Classic Lotto) started on Nov. 7, 1983.

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JonnyBgood07 — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 23:01:45 GMT

It looks like it was 6/40 prior to 1989 if I read the article right.....even prior to that, the game was called something different and started out as a 6/36

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RJOh — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 22:40:10 GMT

We had a similar problem in Ohio.

On 10/08/05, Ohio discontinued its Super Lotto (6/49+1) game which was losing money since its jackpot grew a million dollars after each drawing and it had lost popularity after PB and MM came onto the scene. They replaced it with Lot'O Play which sold for $2 per ticket which proved to be even less popular so on 01/22/07 they brought back a 6/49 game with no bonus named Classic Lotto with a jackpot that only grew $100K after each drawing.

Since I played th... [ More ]

Connecticut Classic Lottery CT 6/44

Kosh — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 21:39:33 GMT

I have a question. Lottery Post says that the very first game for the Connecticut Classic Lotto was on June 1, 1999.

However, I know that the very first drawing actually took place on July 7, 1998. From July 7, 1998 until June 1, 1999, The game was drawn with a bonus ball. However, as of June 1, 1999, the bonus ball was discontinued.

This is my question then. I know that the lottery currently has a matrix of Pick 6 from 44 numbers and that presumably, it has had that matrix since June... [ More ]