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Manchester Gas Station Sells $250,000 Lottery Winner

A discount gas station in Manchester had an expensive touch in the CT Lottery this week.

A Manchester filling station filled a moneybag with a top CT Lottery prize.
A Manchester filling station filled a moneybag with a top CT Lottery prize. (Chris Dehnel/Patch )

MANCHESTER, CT — A discount gas station on Route 83 in Manchester has sold a lottery ticket worth a quarter-million dollars.

The $250,000 top-prize ticket in the $250,000 Cashword 8 game was cashed in Monday.

The ticket was purchased at Best gas, whose local address near the Vernon line is 134 Tolland Turnpike.

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The CT Lottery furnishes winner information on prized of $10,000 or more as public record.

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