One lucky ticket turned a stop at a Hamden retailer into a quarter-million-dollar Lottery payday

Hamden, CT — A Connecticut Lottery player is celebrating a major scratch-off win after a $250K CA$HWORD ticket sold in Hamden delivered one of the game’s biggest prizes.

According to Connecticut Lottery records, the $250K-winning ticket was claimed on June 15.

The winning CA$HWORD scratch-off ticket was sold at Smoker’s Discount World in Hamden.

Lottery officials listed the prize amount at $250,000.

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No information about the winner was released.

The Connecticut Lottery regularly publishes information about winning tickets and the retailers where they were sold after prizes are claimed.

The CA$HWORD game is one of the Lottery’s popular scratch-off offerings, giving players a chance to win prizes through word-based play.

Key Points

A $250K-winning CA$HWORD scratch-off ticket was claimed on June 15.
The winning ticket was sold at Smoker’s Discount World in Hamden.
Connecticut Lottery officials released the winning ticket information after the prize was claimed.

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