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Separate $100K Winners Cash In On Lottery Tickets Sold At CT Food Stores
A pair of winning $100,000 CT Lottery tickets sold at Connecticut food stores have been cashed in on the same day.
First, in New London County, on Monday, March 14, Oakdale resident James Floyd, Jr. cashed in a winning "Pinball Wizard XXIV" scratch-off ticket that was sold at Sams Food Store on Ocean Avenue in New London.
Later that day, Middlesex resident Joseph Rigano, of Middletown, cashed in a second winning $100,000 "CASH5" ticket that was sold at Price Chopper on the Berlin Turnpike in Newington in Hartford County.
According to CT Lottery, “when a winning scratch ticket is vali…
Woman Wins $77,000 In CT Lottery
Sevens were wild for a pair of lucky CT Lottery players who cashed in winning tickets worth big prizes.
In New Haven County, Wallingford resident Cynthia Jackson won $77,000 playing "Mega 7s" on a ticket sold at Nisa's Variety on East Center Street in Wallingford, lottery officials announced on Tuesday, Jan. 18.
Later that week, on Thursday, Jan. 20, a winning $277,777 "Mega 7s" prize was cashed in by Westerly, Rhode Island resident Mark Britton that was sold at the Bestway Convenience on Libert Street in Pawcatuck in New London County.
According to CT Lottery, “when a winning scratch tick…
CT Couple Gets Engaged After Winning $100,000 Lottery Prize
A Connecticut couple celebrated their $100,000 lottery prize with dinner and an engagement.
Tom Heltzel, of Litchfield, purchased a Quick Pick at Cumberland Farms #4590 in Torrington for each of the day's draw games on Tuesday, Dec. 14, according to Connecticut Lottery.
The following morning, he returned to the store and checked his tickets.
“None of them were winners—until I got to the last ticket, Cash5," he told CT Lottery. "My eyes are not as good as they used to be, so I had to take another look when I saw ‘Winner $100,000’ on the ticket checker. I never saw so many zer…
Man Wins $785,000 In CT Lottery
A Connecticut man cashed in a near million-dollar CT Lottery ticket that was sold from an area package store.
On Friday, Dec. 3 In Hartford County, Windsor resident Christopher Wujek won a $785,000 “MEGA Multiplier!” CT Lottery ticket that was sold to him at the Deerfield Package on Deerfield Road in Windsor.
Wujek wasn’t the only CT Lottery player to claim six-figure prizes.
A winning $300,000 “$1,000,000 Golden Riches" ticket was sold to a Trumbull resident at the Trumbull Super Stop on Main Street in Trumbull on Monday, Nov. 29, while the following day, New Haven County resident Marcos…
Winning $300,000 Lottery Ticket Sold At Fairfield County Convenience Store
Several Connecticut residents are feeling lucky after cashing in CT Lottery tickets with six-figure prizes.
On Monday, Nov. 29, a Trumbull resident cashed in a winning $300,000 “$1,000,000 Golden Riches” scratch-off lottery ticket that was sold at the Trumbull Super Stop on Main Street in Fairfield County.
The winner chose to remain anonymous.
That same day, Coventry, Rhode Island resident Alison Huffman won the top prize in “$100,000 Cashword 11” for a $100,000 prize on a ticket sold in Windham County at Super Stop and Shop on Killingly Commons Drive in Dayville.
The following day, New H…
New England Man Wins $1M On Scratch-Off Ticket Included By Friend In Get-Well Card
A man from the region has claimed a $1,000,000 lottery prize after receiving the ticket in a get-well card from a friend.
Alexander McLeish, of Attleboro, Massachusetts, claimed his winning prize in the lottery's “$5,000,000 100X Cashword” instant ticket game on Friday, Nov. 26, according to Massachusetts State Lottery.
He chose to receive his prize as a one-time payment of $650,000 before taxes.
McLeish had open heart surgery earlier in November, and his friend gave him the card with three instant tickets, including the winning ticket, Massachusetts Lottery said.
The lottery r…
