West Hartford Has Hand In 2 Big Lottery Prizes On Same Day

WEST HARTFORD, CT — West Hartford had a hand in a pair of early Christmas presents on the same day in the form of two big Connecticut Lottery Prizes.

Both were claimed on Dec. 20, CT Lottery officials said.

When Edward Adajian of West Hartford recently stopped to cash in a $15 prize-winning lottery ticket, a clerk at Avon Citgo asked him, "Why don't you try playing 20X Cash?"

Adajian, a popular high school volleyball official, told CT Lottery officials he had never played the 20X Cash scratch game, but after a moment of thought, he decided to go for it.

As the clerk watched, Adajian scratched his way, bit by bit, down the ticket until he revealed a single "20X" symbol. Next to the multiplier symbol was a $1,000 prize.

That meant that Adajian instantly won the $1,000 prize for that row times the 20X multiplier for a total prize win of $20,000.

"It was a lucky win ... especially right before Christmas. It was just very good luck," he said.

Also on Dec. 20, Stephan Yung of Farmington cashed in a $25,000 winner at K & S Getty in West Hartford. He played the $200,000 SILVER game, CT Lottery officials said.