Connecticut Lottery

Connecticut Lottery Corporation

Connecticut Lottery Corporation logo
Formation	1971
Type	Lottery System
Headquarters	Wallingford, Connecticut, United States
Website	www.ctlottery.org

The Connecticut Lottery Corporation, also called the CT Lottery, is the official lottery in Connecticut. It was created in 1971 by then-Gov. Thomas Meskill, who signed Public Act No. 865. The first tickets were sold on February 15, 1972.^[1] The Connecticut Lottery offers several in-house drawing games; Connecticut also participates in Mega Millions and Powerball; each are played in 44 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.