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Newly Minted Millionaire: $6.8M CT Lottery Jackpot Claimed Newly Minted Millionaire: $6.8M CT Lottery Jackpot Claimed
Newly Minted Millionaire: $6.8M CT Lottery Jackpot Claimed A lucky Connecticut Lottery player is officially a millionaire after claiming a massive Lotto! jackpot. The $6.8 million prize from the Feb. 3 drawing was claimed at the Connecticut Lottery Corporation Headquarters & Claims Center in Wallingford, lottery officials said. The winning ticket was sold at Big Y World Class Market on Poquonnock Road in Groton. Lottery authorities did not identify the winner.  The jackpot ranks as the fifth-largest Lotto! prize ever won in Connecticut Lottery history. The drawing also produced seven more winning tickets that matched five of the six numb…

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$1M CT Lottery Win: CT Man Hits Jackpot After Taking Clerk’s Advice $1M CT Lottery Win: CT Man Hits Jackpot After Taking Clerk’s Advice
$1M CT Lottery Win: CT Man Hits Jackpot After Taking Clerk’s Advice A Fairfield man is a new millionaire after a last-minute decision at a local convenience store turned an ordinary CT Lottery stop into a $1 million jackpot. "I just went numb," the unnamed winner said after realizing the size of the win. He had already won $1,000, and a clerk at News Express on Tunxis Hill Road in Fairfield jokingly suggested he buy just one more ticket. The winner decided to take the chance. He chose the "Best Chance To Be A Millionaire" ticket, the CT Lottery’s newest $50 scratch game. After scratching the ticket, he was not sure what he was seeing. He told the lottery …

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Newly Minted Millionaire: CT Man Claims $4M Lottery Win Thanks To Last-Minute Change Newly Minted Millionaire: CT Man Claims $4M Lottery Win Thanks To Last-Minute Change
Newly Minted Millionaire: CT Man Claims $4M Lottery Win Thanks To Last-Minute Change A routine drive to work took a sharp turn and paid off in a big way. A Tolland man won a $4 million scratch-off lottery jackpot after stopping at a different gas station than normal when he decided to take a different route to work, according to Connecticut Lottery. The winner collected his prize this week.  The winner said he needed a gas station that could handle a “larger-than-expected trailer tow,” according to a Connecticut Lottery news release. That detour led him to Gulf Convenience Mart on the Meriden-Waterbury Turnpike in Cheshire. There, he bought a $4,000,000 Fort…

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