A Connecticut native ended their year by claiming a winning lottery ticket for half a million dollars, and another Connecticut Lottery person has yet to say hundreds of thousands in earnings.
On Friday, Jan. 17, a Milford resident claimed a$ 500,000 prize from a winning “$ 4,000,000 Fortune ” scratch game ticket, according to the Connecticut Lottery winners listing.
According to the Connecticut Lottery’s “$ 4,000,000 Fortune ” page, the Milford resident was the second player of the game to claim a$ 500,000 prize. A Stratford resident claimed the first$ 500,000 prize in March 2024.
The winnings were the game’s second-highest prize, and the odds of winning were one-in-a-million, according to the “$ 4,000,000 Fortune ” how to win page.
In the scratch game, players have the chance to win a top prize of$ 4 million paid as a 20-year annuity or a one-time gross cash option of$ 3 million, according to the Connecticut Lottery’s “$ 4,000,000 Fortune ” page.
The Connecticut Lottery announced the launch of the “$ 4,000,000 Fortune ” game in December 2023, and only one person has won the top prize so much. In September 2024, a Windsor Locks resident cashed in$ 3 million before taxes after claiming the first-ever winning top prize “$ 4,000,000 Fortune ” ticket, and it was the first top prize the Connecticut Lottery sold for a$ 50 scratch ticket.
Moreover, on Saturday, Jan. 18, a Connecticut Lottery person won a$ 200,000 prize medal from a Rapid Play Big Bankroll scratch-off solution. As of Tuesday morning, the rewards are also unused. According to the Connecticut Lottery unused best reward cards list, the winning seat was purchased at the Eagle Mart at 2 Spring St. in Stafford Springs. The success has until July 17 to say the rewards.
As of Tuesday night, a winning$ 10. 8 million-dollar “Lotto! ” solution sold at the PVC Gulf comfort business located at 287 Danbury Road in Wilton also remains unused and does expire on July 9.
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