Manchester Mom Scores "$20,000 50th Anniversary" Top Prize on $2 Scratch Ticket

When Madelyn Cruz of Manchester played the CT Lottery's “$20,000 50th Anniversary” ticket she’d bought at EZ Mart Foods, Manchester, she couldn’t believe her eyes—she revealed a “MONEYBAG” symbol and the game’s last $20,000 top prize. “I didn’t have my glasses on when I started playing the ticket, so as I started to scratch, I thought, ‘oh, that’s too many zeroes.’ I put on my glasses and saw I had won $20,000!”

Madelyn, said she’ll use the prize money to pay some bills, but she also plans to take her son, daughter, and two grandchildren on a trip to visit her 82-year-old mother in Puerto Rico!