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Connecticut Lottery launches its first $50 scratch-off ticketNews Story
New game features best overall odds at winning any prize By Kate Northrop The Connecticut Lottery announced the launch of its first $50 scratch-off ticket ever, with the best overall odds of winning any prize in its game repertoire. Lottery players in Connecticut can now try their luck with the Connecticut Lottery's new $50 scratch-off game, the most expensive ticket offered in the state. Previously, ticket prices for instant games in Connecticut ranged from $1 to $30, but that h
Dec 14, 2023, 7:46 am - Lottery News

Connecticut Lottery to move headquartersNews Story
Lottery announces temporary claims schedule to accommodate move By Kate Northrop The Connecticut Lottery will be moving its headquarters and claims center to a new facility this month. On Thursday, the Connecticut Lottery announced that it will be relocating to a new location and posted a temporary in-person prize claims schedule to accommodate the move. In May, the Lottery revealed that it's lease for its Rocky Hill headquarters building would be expiring and that it would be co
Aug 21, 2023, 2:01 pm - Lottery News

Connecticut Lottery to relocate headquarters this summerNews Story
New location for main lottery operations By Kate Northrop The Connecticut Lottery is packing up and moving the location of its headquarters this summer, consolidating its main operations into one building. Once its lease at the Rocky Hill headquarters is up, the Connecticut Lottery will be moving into a larger building that will be able to accommodate all its main functions and operations. Right now, the Lottery is situated in a nearly 92,000-square-foot building in Rocky Hill. O
May 29, 2023, 2:19 pm - Lottery News

Connecticut Lottery launches new system, players unable to check ticketsNews Story
Players and retailers vent frustrations By Kate Northrop On Sunday, the Connecticut Lottery launched a new statewide retail system that was years in the making, but the change has left some players and retailers frustrated. All 2,900 Connecticut Lottery retailers have officially been updated with a new statewide lottery system, but not everyone is finding the transition seamless. On May 21, 2023, the Lottery did away with its older Connecticut Lottery Corporation (CLC) system, wh
May 26, 2023, 9:48 am - Lottery News

$1.35 BILLION: Mega Millions jackpot set to deliver unimaginable wealthNews Story
Dodges popular birthday numbers to become fourth-largest lottery jackpot in history By Todd Northrop After 25 drawings without a jackpot winner, the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game now boasts a cresting jackpot of $1.35 billion that could instantly put someone among the wealthiest people on the planet. To get to this point, the game had to survive a drawing in which all birthday numbers were drawn. Birthday numbers are those less than 31, and lotteries typically sell an outsiz
Jan 11, 2023, 7:14 am - Lottery News

$366.7 million Powerball jackpot won in VermontNews Story
For the first time in history, the winning Powerball jackpot ticket was sold at a Vermont retailer, Vermont Lottery officials announced Thursday. The winning ticket was sold in Middlebury, at the Short Stop gas station on Court Street part of the Jolley chain of gas stations. The owner of the lucky ticket, who has not stepped forward to claim the windfall yet, won a payout worth $366.7 million spread out over 30 years, which they could take as an immediate cash payout of $208.5 million.
Jul 1, 2022, 7:23 am - Lottery News

Multi-state lottery game Powerball celebrates its 30th birthdayNews Story
Lotteries look back on three decades of winning By Kate Northrop Powerball, one of the largest draw-based lottery games in the United States, is turning 30 years old this week. State lotteries across the country are celebrating Powerball's 30th anniversary this week by taking a look back on some of their biggest local winners in the game's history. Happy birthday to Powerball, North Carolina Lottery Executive Director Mark Michalko said. No game has produced bigger dreams in No
Apr 20, 2022, 9:11 am - Lottery News

The transformation of Lucky for Life into a computerized daily drawingNews Story
How the popular multi-state game evolved By Kate Northrop In April, state lotteries participating in the popular multi-state Lucky for Life lottery game announced that the game would be moving from bi-weekly drawings to a once-daily draw format. Now that the changeover has officially transpired since last Monday, Jul. 19, Lottery Post took a closer look at how and why the game offering players the opportunity to wi n $1,000 a day for life evolved as a whole. For a little over a week
Jul 28, 2021, 2:12 pm - Lottery News

Lottery scammers steal $1.2 million from one victimNews Story
Crook receives six years in prison for crimes of conspiracy and fraud By Kate Northrop After stealing over $1 million from one single victim, the leader of a ring of Jamaican scam artists was sentenced Friday to almost six years in prison. Like any typical scammer, Stieve Fernandez, 35, spent his time deceiving vulnerable individuals and robbing elderly targets of their life savings as part of a high-functioning underground network of lottery fraudsters. Fernandez was said to h
Jul 12, 2021, 12:45 pm - Lottery News

Connecticut Lottery's Fast Play instant game crashes lottery terminalsNews Story
Connecticut's newest instant game is so popular, lottery terminals can't keep up By Kate Northrop The Connecticut Lottery's newest game is attracting so many players that lottery terminals are slowing or shutting down. Fast Play, the Lottery's newest instant game, was launched about a month ago. Since then, the game has attracted players across the state and generated about $5 million in sales. In fact, the game has received so much attention, that lottery terminals at retailers and the
Aug 17, 2020, 6:19 pm - Lottery News