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Bridgeport Resident Wins $43,000 CT Lottery Prize

The lucky ticket was also sold locally, according to the Connecticut Lottery.

BRIDGEPORT, CT — A Bridgeport resident is $43,029 richer this week after claiming a winning lottery ticket he purchased locally, the Connecticut Lottery announced.

On Thursday, Alphonso Ebanks claimed a winning "CASH5" ticket he purchased at E & M Park Fuels on Park Avenue.

The pari-mutuel game, which costs $1 per wager, requires top winners to match five numbers from a daily drawing.

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The top prize is $100,000, and the odd of winning it are 1 in 324,632.

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