LA VETA — One resident of La Veta won the Colorado Lotto+ jackpot on Wednesday night. The winning numbers from November 13 were 1-7-12-19-27-32.
The small town has a population of 878, and the winning ticket was sold at Charlie's Market at 214 S. Main St.
The winning jackpot was priced at $2.6 million, but the winner can choose to take a cash lump sum of $1.3 million.
Recent jackpot wins include:
- July 31: $5.7 million in Aspen
- August 3: $1.1 million in Thornton
- August 17: $1.5 million in Carbondale
- October 5: $3.1 million in Littleton
The odds of winning a prize in the Colorado Lotto+ drawings are one in 30, but the jackpot odds are one in 3.84 million.
The record jackpot of $27 million was won in 1992, with the second biggest jackpot won in 2022 of $25 million.
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