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CT Woman Wins $1 Million In Lottery Game, Plans To Get A Nice Lunch
A Connecticut woman won the huge prize on a scratch-off game. She has modest plans for spending her winnings.
THOMPSON, CT — What would you do if you won $1 million? Buy a sports car? Book a trip to Tahiti? Quit your job in a blaze of glory?
Well, a Connecticut woman has much simpler aspirations: She's treating herself to a nice lunch.
Helena Greenleaf, of Thompson, won the massive cash prize playing the Massachusetts State Lottery’s “$2,500,000 Merry & Bright” game.
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She opted to receive her prize in the form of a one-time payment of $650,000 before taxes. Greenleaf said she "plans on treating herself to a nice lunch as well as investing the winnings," according to Mass Lottery.
She purchased her winning ticket at Cumberland Farms in Auburn, Massachusetts. The store will receive a $10,000 bonus for its sale of this ticket.
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The $2,500,000 Merry & Bright ticket is a $10 scratch-off and one of six holiday-themed tickets that Mass Lottery launched in October.
There is still a single remaining top prize of $2.5 million in the $2,500,000 Merry & Bright game, according to Mass Lottery.
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