CT Couple Celebrates $100K Lottery Win With Wedding Proposal

New Milford CT

05 January, 2022

1:22 PM

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LITCHFIELD, CT — A Litchfield man recently celebrated a $100,000 Lottery win with dinner and a wedding proposal. Tom Heltzel stopped by Cumberland Farms in Torrington on Dec. 14 and bought a Quick Pick for each of the day's draw games, according to the Connecticut Lottery. The next morning, he visited the same retailer and checked his tickets for winners. "None of them were winners—until I got to the last ticket, Cash5," Heltzel told Lottery officials, according to a post on the Lottery website. "My eyes are not as good as they used to be, so I had to take another look when I saw 'Winner $100,000' on the ticket checker. I never saw so many zeros!" To celebrate his $100,000 win, Heltzel took his girlfriend, Karen, out for a delicious dinner and topped-off the evening with a wedding proposal. (P.S. She said, YES!)