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Vernon Stores Sell 3 Big CT Lottery Winners In 2 Days

Vernon has been a CT Lottery jackpot hub so far in April.

One Vernon store sold two big CT Lottery winners in two days this month.
One Vernon store sold two big CT Lottery winners in two days this month. (Chris Dehnel/Patch )

VERNON, CT — A Vernon convenience store sold two big CT Lottery lottery winners over the course of two days this month. A third store in Vernon also had a big winner.

The lucky lottery counter for the two was at the Fas Mart at the 506 talcottville Road Valero station.

On April 16, Bryan Whippie of Stafford cashed in a $50,000 winner in the Poker Night scratch game. Poker night is a $5 scratch game that is new for 2021.

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Two days earlier, Paul Plourde of Ellington, cashed in a 20X Cash 6th Edition game worth $20,000.

That same day, Vernon resident Rodney Nieves went to the Cv Mart at 1237 Hartford Turnpike and cashed in a $20,000 prize in the same game.

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The CT Lottery furnishes winner information as public record for prizes of $10,000 or more.

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