One lucky lottery player has won the largest Arkansas-exclusive jackpot in state history.

A Yell County resident won the $5.123 million jackpot in the Feb. 1 LOTTO drawing with a ticket ordered via Lotto.com. The winning numbers were 1, 6, 7, 19, 27 and 40. The Bonus Number was 14.

The lucky Arkansan claimed his prize at the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery (ASL) Claim Center on Feb. 3, the Monday after the drawing.  

“What a weekend!” he exclaimed.

As a long-time weekly lottery player, the lucky winner enjoys draw games like Powerball®, Mega Millions® and Natural State Jackpot. However, he never played LOTTO until its already record-breaking jackpot crossed a new threshold.

“When I saw it was over $5 million, I decided to jump in,” the player told lottery officials.

On the day of the drawing, he ordered two Quick Pick tickets from Lotto.com. He recently started ordering his tickets online, but he never expected to receive a call from the retailer announcing that he had won the $5.123 million jackpot.

“It just doesn’t sound right,” he thought.

His wife agreed.

“We thought it was a hoax,” she said. Though her husband had won a few prizes before, the Yell County man had never landed a prize so significant.

The Arkansan remained skeptical until he picked up his ticket from Lotto.com’s retail location Players Cafe in a special red envelope. Then, the reality of the win gradually began to sink in.

So far, the lucky winner has only told his immediate family and a couple of close friends. Now that his win has been confirmed, he and his wife plan to pay off all their debts and set aside some money for retirement.

“We’re going to do this smart,” they said.

“We’re all thrilled for the Yell County resident who won the $5.123 million LOTTO jackpot,” said ASL Executive Director Sharon Strong. “It’s a momentous day at the lottery when we can award an Arkansan with such a significant jackpot.”

The LOTTO jackpot is now $265,000 for Saturday night’s drawing.

LOTTO is an Arkansas-exclusive draw game designed to give in-state players more chances to win big prizes. Tickets are available at licensed Arkansas lottery retailers and through retailer apps from ASL’s Play on the Go partners.

ASL’s Play on the Go partners, like Lotto.com, are licensed Arkansas lottery retailers with in-state locations that also sell tickets online. Visit the Where To Play page on the ASL website to learn more about the Play on the Go options.

“We couldn’t be happier to have achieved this new state and company record,” said Lotto.com Inc. CEO Thomas Metzger. “This is our biggest win as a platform and is what we’re all about – celebrating big wins and helping bring incremental funds to state lotteries.”

To learn more about lottery games and how to play, visit MyArkansasLottery.com.

About the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery
The Arkansas Scholarship Lottery (ASL) creates winning people, winning futures, and winning moments. Since 2009, the ASL has sold over $7.7 billion and returned more than $1.4 billion for scholarships to benefit Arkansas students. More than 770,000 college scholarships distributed by the Arkansas Department of Higher Education have been awarded to Arkansans. The lottery has awarded more than $5 billion in prizes to players, more than $438 million in retailer commissions, and provided more than $182 million in state and federal tax revenue.

Follow the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery on Facebook, X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram. Visit MyArkansasLottery.com for more information on scholarships, winners, games, odds, promotions – and to join The Club for free. To get help with problem gambling, contact the National Problem Gambling Helpline at 1-800-522-4700.

About Lotto.com Inc.
Headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey, Lotto.com is the first digital platform for ordering official state lottery draw and scratch games on both mobile and web-based platforms. As a lottery courier enabling user participation in the U.S. State Lotteries, Lotto.com helps the lottery contribute incremental funds to state-run programs across education, parks, emergency responders, veterans' health and other important services.