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$2 In Change + 1 Ticket = $20,000 CT Lottery Win In Newington
A Newington CT Lottery player recently won big bucks.

NEWINGTON, CT — Steven Zimonis of Newington last month turned a $2 Double Match scratch ticket purchase into a $20,000 prize-winner.
"Can you imagine? I bought a $2 ticket and I won twenty grand," Steven said incredulously.
Zimonis said he had "two bucks" leftover from his purchase at J & J Tobacco in Newington.
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"So I thought I'd try the new $2 game," he said of Double Match. "When I scratched it and saw the prize, I wasn't sure I was seeing right so I asked the (retailer) to check it for me. That's when he told me I won big. I won $20,000."
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