Connecticut Lottery: Connecticut firefighter wins $2.6MLitchfield, Conecticut resident James Lynch beat the odds when he became $2.6 million richer, winning the states Classic Lottery jackpot on April 13.
Lynch, of South Street, is a battalion chief with the Waterbury Fire Department. According to his co-workers, Lynch is still employed by the department. Area residents say Lynch and his wife Jacquelyn have children within the public school system.
Approached about the prize Monday night, Lynch said he had "no comment."
Classic lottery tickets can be purchased for $1 at 2,800 lottery retailers across the state. Players choose six different numbers from one to 44.
Lynchs chances of winning the jackpot were one in 7,059,052.
Players have 60 days from the time a claim is presented at lottery headquarters to decide whether to choose your prize as an annuity or as a lump sum payment. Annuity allows all prize money paid in equal installments over 21 years and lump sum provides the prize money all at once.
The Connecticut Lottery is required to withhold 25 percent of each cash price worth more than $5,000 for federal taxes.
Lynch has one year to redeem his prize.
