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Derby Resident Wins $20,000 With CT Scratch-Off Lottery Ticket

The winning ticket was sold in Bridgeport, according to the Connecticut Lottery.

DERBY, CT — A Derby resident is $20,000 richer this week after recently claiming a winning lottery ticket he purchased in Bridgeport, the Connecticut Lottery announced.

On Feb. 24, Carlton Watson Jr. claimed a winning "KENO" ticket he purchased at Daybreak Doughnuts on Madison Avenue.

The game, in which players can wager from $1 to $20 per ticket, offers prizes of $1 to $1 million.

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Overall odds of winning vary between 1 in 3.9 to 1 in 16.6 — depending on the wager and numbers matched.

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