$2.2 Million Lotto Jackpot-Winning Ticket Purchased at Shell in Hamden for Friday, April 24, DrawingROCKY HILL, CT / April 29, 2020 – Of the 6,511 winning tickets
sold for the Friday, April 24, 2020, Lotto jackpot drawing, one contained a six-number
match worth $2.2 million (a lump-sum value of $2,039,304). The numbers drawn
that night were 2 – 7 – 8 – 12 – 17 – 24. The jackpot-winning ticket was sold at Shell
Hamden, located at 1994 Whitney Ave, in Hamden. For its part in selling the winning
ticket, that Shell location will receive a $10,000 retailer commission.
The Lotto jackpot is won by matching all six winning numbers drawn. A Lotto ticket costs $1 and players select six
numbers between 1 and 44, or they can ask for a Lotto "Quick Pick" to
let the computer randomly pick their numbers.
The overall odds of winning a Lotto prize are 1 in 39.3. Odds of winning the jackpot are approximately
1 in 7.1 million.
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Lottery sales benefit Connecticut's residents in valuable ways. In
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earned more than $74 million in commissions. At the same time, the CT Lottery
provided $370 million to support the valuable services and programs funded by
the state’s General Fund including public health, libraries, public safety,
education and more. Since the Lottery
began in 1972, our contributions to the General Fund have exceeded $10 billion.
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