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How much is Powerball in CT? ›

Drawings occur Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at approx. 10:59 PM. Powerball costs $2 per wager. The Power Play® feature costs an additional $1 per wager - it can double the $1,000,000 Match 5 prize or multiply non-jackpot prizes by 2, 3, 4, 5 or 10 times!

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.

Fill in a Lotto! playslip by choosing 6 different numbers from 1 to 44.

Play Mega Millions for just $2. Purchase tickets at your local Lottery retailer or at your nearest Lottery vending machine. Drawings are every Tuesday and Friday at 8:00 p.m. Find out where to play here.

How much is a Powerball lottery ticket? A single Powerball ticket costs $2. Pay an additional $1 to add the Power Play for a chance to multiply all Powerball winnings except for the jackpot. Players can also add the Double Play for one more $1 to have a second chance at winning $10 million.

There have been nine Powerball jackpot winners in Connecticut in the 29 years that the state has had Powerball. The first Powerball drawing was held on April 22, 1992, but Connecticut joined the multistate game in November 1995. Here is a look at the jackpot wins in the state, from the most recent.

There was no jackpot winner in California for this draw. But there are 31,102 winning tickets! Get your ticket for the next draw.

The jackpot is won by matching all five white balls in any order and the red Powerball. Jackpot winners may choose to receive their prize as an annuity, paid in 30 graduated payments over 29 years, or a lump-sum payment. Both advertised prize options are prior to federal and jurisdictional taxes.

Winning tickets up to and including $5,000 can be redeemed at any High-Tier Claim Center or CT Lottery Headquarters. Prizes over $5,000 or more must be claimed at CT Lottery Headquarters. Check How to Claim a Prize page for details.

How much do you get for 3 numbers on Mega Millions? ›

Megaplier®

Most states offer a Megaplier feature to increase non-jackpot prizes by 2, 3, 4 or 5 times; it costs an additional $1 per play. Before each Mega Millions drawing on Tuesday and Friday nights, the Megaplier is drawn. From a pool of 15 balls, five are marked with 2X, six with 3X, three with 4X and one with 5X.

Three years after Gov. Ned Lamont signed a law allowing the Connecticut Lottery Corp. to sell lottery tickets online, the system is up and, sort of, running. It's a "soft launch," not announced by the Lottery Corp., available only to the first 5,000 people who sign up.

Powerball Costs: The Bottom Line

The Powerball ticket price is $2 per play. You can add Power Play for $1, bringing the total to $3 per ticket.

How to play Mega Millions. Mega Millions tickets cost $2 per play. To play, pick six numbers from two separate pools of numbers: either five different numbers from 1-70 for the white numbers, and one number from 1-25 for the gold Mega Ball.