How to Play the Connecticut Lottery

The Connecticut Lottery is an exciting game that includes multiple big jackpot drawings, scratch tickets, and other things. Tickets are available throughout stores all around the Connecticut, but with so many game choices it may get confusing on to which one you want to play.

Instructions

1. Play Powerball. Connecticut’s biggest lottery is the multi-state Powerball. The Powerball is a large jackpot game that has prizes constantly rising near the 100 million dollar mark. To play, you pick five different numbers from 1 to 55 and then a Powerball number. Each ticket costs a dollar and the drawings are held every Wednesday and Saturday.

2. Play Classic Lotto. The second largest lottery in Connecticut is the classic lotto. This lottery consists of picking six different numbers from 1 to 44. The least amount you could win is $2 for getting three numbers correct. Drawings for this lottery are held every Tuesday and Friday night.

3. Try Cash 5. The Cash 5 is a lot like the Classic Lotto except you only have to choose from 35 numbers instead of 44. You can also expand the Cash 5 with a kicker number, allowing you earn extra money with a sixth number in the drawing. The maximum you can win in the Cash 5 is 100,000 dollars and this lottery is held daily.

4. Select Mid-Day and Play 3. Another daily game is the Mid-Day 3 and the Play 3. These games both consist of picking three single numbers, but there are a variety of ways you can play them. You can play them straight meaning that the numbers need to be picked in the order you chose, or a 3-way or 6-way box, meaning that you could win with any order.

5. Try Mid-Day and Play 4. Much like the Play 3 and Mid-Day 3, the Connecticut Lottery also has the Play and Mid-Day 4. This game works much the same, except for you can win bigger prizes by playing an extra number.

6. Buy scratch tickets. If you want to see if you have won instantly than you can purchase the Connecticut Lottery scratch games. These games range in prices from 1 to 30 dollars and payouts are as large as $1,000,000 and the special Win For Life that guarantees $ 5,000 a month for the rest of your life. Some of the newer tickets are the Yankees and Red Sox tickets that offer payouts of $50,000.