Connecticut Lottery ticket worth $6.8 million sold Tuesday, prize remains unclaimed

A Connecticut Lottery player won $6.8 million in Tuesday’s Lotto! drawing, according to Connecticut Lottery.

The winning ticket was sold Tuesday afternoon at Big Y World Market on 995 Poquonnock Road in Groton. The six numbers on the winning ticket are 4-10-27-31-38-41, and the player matched all of the numbers to win Tuesday’s jackpot.

The odds of winning the jackpot prize in Lotto! is 1 in 7,059,052. The $6.8 million jackpot is the fifth-highest jackpot win in the history of Connecticut Lottery’s Lotto! game, according to a news release from Connecticut Lottery.

Each Lotto! wager costs $1, and drawings occur each Tuesday and Friday.

According to Connecticut Lottery’s news release, the lump sum of the jackpot is worth $4,095,197. The ticket had yet to be claimed as of Wednesday afternoon.

In the Nutmeg State, winning “draw game” tickets (Powerball, Mega Millions, Classic Lotto, Lucky for Life, Super Draw, Cash5 and Play3 and Play4) must be claimed within 180 days from the date of the drawing. Winning tickets that total $50,000 or larger must be claimed in person at Connecticut Lottery’s headquarters in Wallingford.

Another winning Connecticut Lottery ticket drawn this week also remains unclaimed. A Connecticut Lottery player won $100,000 in Monday’s Cash 5 drawing, and the ticket has yet to be claimed as of Wednesday afternoon.

That winning ticket was sold at Cumberland Farms located at 204 Marlborough St. in Portland.