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Massive Lotto Payout Won At Hartford Store
A life-changing amount of money was won late last week with a lottery ticket purchased at a small Hartford grocery store.
HARTFORD, CT — A customer at a Hartford grocery store probably enjoyed the best shopping trip of his or her life on Friday, March 28.
That's because, according to the Connecticut Lottery Corp., this individual won a whopping $2 million playing "Lotto!," a numbers game that can make someone very rich, very quickly and for a very small playing fee.
According to the lottery corporation, the ticket was purchased at the Tejeda Grocery Store, which is located at 148 Woodland St., Hartford.
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Lotto! is a regular lottery game that only costs $1 to play, with the jackpot starting at $1 million and growing if no winners are found.
The drawings occur on Tuesdays and Friday nights, according to CT Lotto.
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For this game, the payout could be in the form of a $2 million annuity paid off in 21 payments or a lump sum cash prize of $1,370,427.
The lucky winner accurately picked all six numbers, which were 1, 7, 12, 15, 16, and 38.
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