A Manchester filling station has sold a big winner in a CT Lottery scratch game.
On Wednesday, a player named "Manuel M" from Hartford cashed in a $50,000 prize from the 5X The Money 17th Edition.
That's one of eight top payouts in the $5 scratch game. The ticket was purchased at the Gulf station at 196 Spencer St. in Manchester.
The CT Lottery has changed its policy on announcing winners in order to "protect" them from potential scams.
For years, the CT Lottery policy had been to show the full names of all those who cashed in tickets worth $10,000 or more as a matter of public record.
It then went to winners having the option of applying for anonymity over the past couple of years.
Now, the CT Lottery has eliminated all first names in the winner's listings and replaced them with just first names and last initials while keeping the anonymity option available.
