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Twice Is Nice: Trumbull Man Buys Two $20K Scratch Lottery Tickets, Walks Away With $40K
It's not every day that a lottery player gets to experience the thrill of winning a scratch game's top prize, not once, but twice.
That's what happened when Jim Zygmont of Trumbull, purchased two "20X Cash 4th Edition" scratch tickets and won the game's top prize — twice on the same day, at the same location, and walked away with $40,000, said the Connecticut Lottery.
"I bought the first '20X' ticket over the counter at 4:56 pm and won $20,000. I almost fell backward. It was crazy," said Zygmont, who had the moment documented in a photo taken from the lottery retailer's…