$183M Winning Powerball Ticket Sold in Connecticut: Check Your Tickets

CONNECTICUT — A winning Powerball ticket worth $183 million was sold in Connecticut for the Feb. 14, 2022 drawing, according to the Connecticut Lottery.

One ticket sold in Connecticut had all five numbers and the Powerball number. All told, there were 4,975 "winning" tickets sold for the Feb. 14 jackpot in Connecticut, but this time someone actually won the big jackpot.

The winning Powerball numbers for Monday, Feb. 14, are: 16-25-27-49-55 and the Powerball is 17.

The next highest winning prize in Connecticut from Monday's Powerball jackpot was six people won $300 each. Most people who purchased tickets in CT won between $4 and $21, according to the Connecticut Lottery.

Fox 61 TV reports that the winning $183 million ticket was sold in Cheshire at One-Stop Convenience Store on South Main Street.

And in a bit of irony, the Connecticut Lottery Corporation (CLC) celebrates its Golden Anniversary on Tuesday, Feb. 15, marking 50 years from its first day of lottery sales in 1972. Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz will be on-site to help the CLC ring in its 50th Anniversary and will deliver a proclamation from Gov. Ned Lamont that declares February 15, 2022, “Connecticut Lottery Day” in the state. The Connecticut Lottery is one of only four in the country to have reached this milestone (VT, NY, and NJ have all preceded).

The largest Powerball jackpot in history was $1.586 billion, which was split by winners in California, Florida and Tennessee in January 2016.

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To win the Powerball jackpot, a player must match all five white balls in any order and the red Powerball number. The odds of picking the correct Powerball grand prize numbers are one in 292,201,338, which doesn't change even if more players buy tickets when the jackpot is enormous.

You have a better chance of winning the Powerball jackpot if you let the computer select your numbers, according to lottery officials. About 75 percent of winning tickets over the years had numbers picked by a computer.

Powerball tickets cost $2 each. Find locations where you can buy your Powerball tickets here. Lottery officials have advice for whoever has the winning numbers:

1. Sign your winning ticket. Write your full name and signature on the back of the winning ticket. If you lose your ticket, having your name on the ticket means that no one else will be able to cash it in.
2. Keep your winning ticket in a safe place. Take steps to protect your winning lottery ticket by putting it somewhere safe where it won't accidentally get thrown out.
3. Get legal and financial advice. It might be wise to talk to some experienced professionals such as a lawyer, an accountant, or an investment advisor to help manage your winnings. The winning Powerball numbers are drawn every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. Eastern time, with Powerball results usually posted within 5 minutes.

These are the five largest Powerball jackpots in the game's history:

• $1.586 billion, Jan. 13, 2016
• $768.4 million, March 27, 2019
• $758.7 million, Aug. 23, 2017
• $731.1 million, Jan. 20, 2021
• $688 million, Oct. 27, 2018

Winners can choose to either have the full jackpot amount paid out in 30 installments over 29 years, or winners can take one lump sum payment that is smaller than the actual total.

Patch editor Deb Belt contributed to this story.