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2 Bridgeport Residents Claim Winning CT Lottery Tickets
The two lucky winners won while playing separate games, according to the Connecticut Lottery.
BRIDGEPORT, CT — Two Bridgeport residents are each $10,000 richer this week after claiming winning lottery tickets, the Connecticut Lottery announced.
On Monday, James Brown Jr. claimed a winning "30X Cash 9th Edition" ticket he bought at Tobacco City on Chase Avenue in Waterbury.
The Connecticut Lottery publishes winner information as public record, according to officials.
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Also on Monday, an unnamed resident matched four of five numbers and the Mega Ball on a Mega Millions ticket. Such a winning combination gives a player $10,000.
The 30X game, which costs $30 per ticket, began in January last year, and as of Wednesday, 17 grand prizes of $30,000 remained unclaimed. More than 1 million tickets of the game have been printed, and the overall odds of winning are 1 in 3.53.
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For the Mega Millions game, the odds of a $10,000 win are 1 in 931,001.
The overall odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot, currently at an estimated $1.35 billion for Friday's drawing, are 1 in 302,575,350.
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