Annual Responsible Gambling
Holiday Campaign

Now in its 11th year, the Connecticut Lottery Corporation’s (CLC) annual “Give a Child a Toy, Not a Ticket” Holiday Toy Drive will be kicking off on November 15, 2024. This year we are partnering with Yale New Haven Hospital’s (YNHH) Toy Closet to bring joy to children spending the holidays at YNHH hospitals, Emergency Departments and Pediatric Specialty Centers. Your donations will provide each pediatric patient with an age-appropriate toy or small gift when they are discharged from Yale New Haven Children's Hospital. Toys are given out 365 days a year.

This year’s campaign runs from November 15, 2024 through January 3, 2025 to help keep the YNHH Toy Closet stocked, while also spreading the Responsible Gambling message that lottery tickets are not suitable gifts for children. 

Over the last 10 years, the CLC has donated more than 30,000 toys to programs such as the YNHH Toy Closet. Since the program runs year-round, the annual need for donated toys is great—upwards of 80,000—ranging from a simple deck of cards or matchbox car, to the more substantial, such as tablets and video games.

Since 2008, CLC has partnered with the International Centre for Youth Gambling Problems and High-Risk Behaviors at McGill University and the National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG) during the holidays to promote the message that lottery tickets are not suitable gifts for children.

If you or someone you know is affected by a gambling problem, please call the CT Council on Problem Gambling’s Helpline at 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org for more information.