A $4 million lottery prize won from tickets purchased at an auto repair shop and convenience store in Massachusetts was claimed on Friday.
The prize money was won in the scratch game “777” and amounted to $2.6 million before taxes. The winning ticket cost $10 to purchase and was purchased at Mack’s Auto Repair & Convenience Store in Webster, according to the state lottery’s website.
The odds of winning $4 million with 777, the highest prize available in the game, are 1 in 4,032,000. He has the second highest prize money that can be won in the game, and the odds of winning $1 million are 1 in 1,792,000.
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The State Lottery publishes a list of all winning tickets of $600 or more sold in Massachusetts online daily. All told, 666 winning lottery tickets worth at least $600 were sold or claimed in the commonwealth on Friday, including 20 in Springfield, 22 in Worcester and 54 in Boston. It was included.
The $4 million winner wasn’t the only lottery winner lucky in Massachusetts this week. A person claimed a winning scratch-off ticket purchased at a 7-Eleven in Gloucester on Wednesday and won $1.3 million. Two $1 million prizes were also won on Monday by winning scratch-off tickets.
The two largest lottery prizes won in the state so far this year were the $33 million and $31 million Mega Millions jackpots. The awards were presented every other week in January.
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The $31 million ticket was purchased at the Gibbs Gas Station in Woburn and won the jackpot in the drawing on Tuesday, January 3rd. On March 8th, the winner received their prize through her S&L Trust.
The $33 million ticket was purchased at Stop & Shop in Belchertown and won the jackpot in the drawing on Tuesday, January 24th. On March 1, the winners received their prizes through Skylark Group Trust.