Connecticut Lottery has announced that a lucky player has won the Lotto! jackpot with the numbers 4-27-32-37-40-44, taking home the $10.8 million prize. After a year without a jackpot winner, this news comes as a welcome surprise. The winner has the option to receive the prize in 21 equal payments or as a cash value of $7,785,757.
In addition to the jackpot winner, there were nine tickets that matched five out of the six numbers, splitting a prize pool of $2,538. A total of 8,166 winning Lotto tickets were sold for the drawing.
The overall odds of winning anything in Lotto! is 1 in 39.3, while the odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 7,059,052. The next drawing is scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 14, with the jackpot resetting to $1 million.
This win comes after a Cash5 ticket also won a jackpot in a previous drawing. Connecticut Lottery, in collaboration with UConn, has also released a limited-edition scratch ticket for players to enjoy.
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