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$100,000 Winning POWERBALL Lottery Ticket Sold In Westport

The lucky winner is a resident from out of state, according to the Connecticut Lottery.

WESTPORT, CT — A Rochester, NY resident is $100,000 richer this week after claiming a winning POWERBALL lottery ticket she purchased in Westport, the Connecticut Lottery announced.

On Friday, Brenna B. claimed the winning ticket, which she bought at the Cumberland Farms at 690 Post Road East.

The Connecticut Lottery publishes partial winner information as public record, according to officials.

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To win $100,000 in POWERBALL, a player would have likely matched four numbers plus the Powerball on a $3 "Powerball with Power Play" ticket.

The overall odds of such a match are 1 in 913,129. For the POWERBALL jackpot, a player must match all five numbers plus the Powerball; the odds of doing that are 1 in 292,201,338.

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