But to her surprise and delight, Jannette Pagan walked away with a lot more after scratching the ticket purchased at the Grocery Village in Bridgeport.
She scratched her ticket and found a winning number match - not with a prize for $100, but one for $100,000.
Pagan said she will use the prize money to pay off the mortgage on her house -- years earlier than planned."This really is a life-changer," she said.
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