A LOTTERY player overcame one-in-a-trillion odds to win two massive cash prizes worth nearly $1million within a few days.
The player, who chose to remain anonymous, managed to win big twice in the Connecticut Lottery – and he purchased the tickets in the same place.
The lottery player managed to net a total of $950,000 within four days with the Connecticut Lottery[/caption]
The odds of doing this are thought to be a trillion-to-one[/caption]
On December 31, 2024, the lucky lotto player claimed a $200,000 prize from Cash Royale, bought at the Citgo in Colchester.
This alone was a chance of one in 675,000, and the player bought it for $20.
Then, on January 3, 2025, the same person went to the same Citgo and walked away with $750,000 from a $1,000,000 JUMBO CASH ticket.
According to a lottery spokesperson, the odds of winning the top prize in this game are 1 in 1.3 million.
This netted the player a respectable $950,000 in the space of four days.
This double-win has shocked mathematicians, but they say it might not be as uncommon as it seems.
Iddo Ben-Ari, a University of Connecticut mathematics professor who specializes in probability, said: “The chance of this happening to me or to you is completely unlikely but the chance of this happening to someone, anyone throughout history, is actually pretty high.
“That’s exactly what happened here, it’s a rare thing, but it will keep happening again and again.”
It is thought that the recent holiday season saw a spike in lottery wins, as more people were buying tickets.
The Connecticut Lottery reported that last week was a big week for lottery players, as 18 players won a prize of $10,000 or more during the first week of 2025.
The largest Connecticut Lottery win in 2024 was when a resident from Windsor Locks walked away with the $3million “Fortune” prize in September.
AN UNCLAIMED MILLION
There are games all over the country that have been unclaimed, leaving the winners without the cash they won.
A Powerball player from Illinois scooped the $1 million prize last year but has still not come forward, officials have revealed.
scooped the $1 million prize last year but has still not come forward, officials have revealed.
All Powerball players who may have bought their ticket from this store must check their old slips for the winning numbers.
They were: 1, 12, 17, 21, and 58 with Powerball 1.
Top lottery winners in the US
Millions dream of winning the lottery and finding fame and fortune. These are the biggest winners in US lottery history.
- Edwin Castro – $2.04 billion, Powerball, Nov. 8, 2022, in California.
- Theodorus Struyck – $1.765 billion, Powerball, Oct. 11, 2023, in California.
- Unknown winner – $1.602 billion, Mega Millions, Aug. 8, 2023, in Florida.
- Marvin and Mae Acosta from Los Angeles, California, John and Lisa Robinson from Munford, Tennessee, and Maureen Smith and David Kaltschmidt from Melbourne Beach, Florida – $1.586 billion, Powerball, Jan. 13, 2016.
- Unknown winner – $1.537 billion, Mega Millions, Oct. 23, 2018, from South Carolina.
- Unknown winner – he sued the mother of his child to keep his identity hidden – $1.348 billion, Mega Millions, Jan. 13, 2023, from Maine.
- Unknown winner – $1.337 billion, Mega Millions, July 29, 2022, from Illinois.
- Cheng and Duanpen Saephan, and Laiza Liem Chao – $1.326 billion, Powerball, April 7, 2024, from Oregon.
- Yanira Alvarez – $1.08 billion Powerball, July 19, 2023 in California.
- Wolverine FLL Lottery Club – $1.05 billion, Mega Millions, Jan. 22, 2021, from Michigan.
- Unknown winner – $842.4 million Powerball, Jan. 1, 2024, from Michigan.
The winners of the second prize correctly guessed all of the numbers but not the Powerball.
If they had, they would have won the jackpot of $92 million with an estimated cash value of $42.1 million.
The unknown winner in Illinois must take action if they want to claim their win.
Under state lottery rules, the Powerball prize must be claimed within one year after the drawing date.
Those who win $1 million or more are advised to call the Illinois Lottery Player Hotline to speak to an official who will help them with the claim.
Americans are advised to check their lotto tickets as Powerball player from Illinois scooped the $1 million prize last year but has still not come forward[/caption]
