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CT Liquor Store Sells Winning $825,000 Lotto Ticket CT Liquor Store Sells Winning $825,000 Lotto Ticket
CT Liquor Store Sells Winning $825,000 Lotto Ticket A Connecticut customer cashed in a CT Lottery ticket worth nearly a million dollars that was sold at an area liquor store.  On Monday, July 26, a Waterbury resident cashed in a "Millionaire" ticket worth $825,000 that was sold at International Wine & Liquor in Middlebury earlier this month. CT Lottery did not disclose the winner's name. According to CT Lottery, “when a winning scratch ticket is validated through a Lottery Retailer's terminal, the remaining number of unclaimed prizes for that prize level is automatically updated reflecting one less prize. Until the individual or gr…

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by Zak Failla
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Twice Is Nice: Trumbull Man Buys Two $20K Scratch Lottery Tickets, Walks Away With $40K Twice Is Nice: Trumbull Man Buys Two $20K Scratch Lottery Tickets, Walks Away With $40K
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…

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by Kathy Reakes
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All-Time High: Mega Millions Jackpot Soars To Nearly $1 Billion For Friday Drawing All-Time High: Mega Millions Jackpot Soars To Nearly $1 Billion For Friday Drawing
All-Time High: Mega Millions Jackpot Soars To Nearly $1 Billion For Friday Drawing Good news. Since no one won Tuesday night's $677 million Mega Millions game, you now have another chance to live the life of a millionaire as the jackpot is now at a staggering $868 million, a record high. No ticket had all six winning numbers including 3, 45, 49, 61, 69 with a Mega Ball of 9. So get your new tickets ready for Friday's game and in the meantime feel good for the nine lucky souls who managed to eek out a $1 million each by having five of the six numbers, and one of those had the Mega Ball and received $5 million. The jackpot, which will be close to $1 billion by Friday, kee…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Fairfield County Man Must Pay $500K For Income Tax Offense Fairfield County Man Must Pay $500K For Income Tax Offense
Fairfield County Man Must Pay $500K For Income Tax Offense A Norwalk bookkeeper has been sentenced to probation and must pay back nearly a half million dollars after pleading guilty to tax fraud - largely as a result of gambling - in district court. John Durham, the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut announced the sentencing of Eddie Chan, 58, who will be subject to five years probation and must pay approximately $500,000 in restitution for his former employer following a guilty plea for filing false tax returns last year. Chan was employed at a private art firm in Manhattan, according to court records, and between 2013 and 2015…

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by Zak Failla
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Bethel Resident With Alleged Mob Ties Indicted For Loan Sharking Bethel Resident With Alleged Mob Ties Indicted For Loan Sharking
Bethel Resident With Alleged Mob Ties Indicted For Loan Sharking Seven men from Westchester County and one from Fairfield County are among 10 alleged members of the Lucchese Crime Family facing criminal charges for their involvement in the “largest loan sharking operation ever investigated by the New York Attorney General’s Office.” Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced the arrests and indictment of 10 alleged members of the Lucchese Family on charges related to the alleged operation of a “lucrative loan sharking and gambling activities” following a long-term investigation. Schneiderman said that during “Operation The Vig Is Up” involved “the alle…

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by Zak Failla