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…
Did You Win It? $2,000,000 Mega Millions Ticket Sold In Fairfield County
Someone in Fairfield County is $2 million richer and might not even know it.
That person, who hasn't come forward, purchased a winning Mega Millions lottery ticket for Friday's game and hit all the numbers.
The ticket, purchased at the Wheels Convenience Store at 2047 Post Road in Fairfield had the winning numbers 1 - 6 - 13 - 18 - 49, Mega Ball 8 and Megaplier 2.
Of the 7,027 winning tickets sold in Connecticut for that date, the Fairfield County ticket is the only one that matched all five white ball numbers, the Lottery office said.
Luckily, the player paid an extra buck to add the M…
