Groom-to-Be Buys $100,000 Winner in West Hartford

On Monday night, John Foley of Wethersfield purchased a CT Lottery “$1,000,000 Diamonds” instant game ticket and did something very unusual.

Instead of immediately scratching the “Scratch-2-Cash” barcode on the ticket and scanning it in the ticket checker like he usually does, he brought the ticket to a friend’s house and scratched off each play area, one by one, until all of the numbers and prize symbols were revealed.

When Foley was finished, he was holding a winning ticket with a “COIN” symbol for the game’s $100,000 second prize.

“When I saw the $100,000, I handed my buddy the ticket and had him check it, just to be sure,” Foley told Lottery officials. “Then, I signed the back of it, drove home, and put it right in the safe. This [prize] comes at the perfect time, too. We’re getting married soon, and now we can definitely buy a house and pay for the wedding.”

Foley’s $100,000 prize winning ticket was purchased at Tara Market located at 456 New Park Avenue in West Hartford. For selling the ticket, Tara Market will receive a $1,000 check from the CT Lottery.

The overall chances of winning a prize in the $10 instant game $1,000,000 Diamonds is 1 in 3.59. Of the ten $1,000,000 top prizes in the game, eight remain to be claimed. Five of the seven $100,000 second prizes also remain to be claimed.

Pictured: John Foley and fiancé Henna Senethep celebrate $100,000 scratch prize win.

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