A lottery player in Massachusetts will receive $1,000 a week for the rest of their life after they bought a winning scratch ticket in Boston.
The weekly lifelong prize was from “$1,000 A Week For Life,” a $5 game released in February. There are still six $1,000 a week for life top prizes remaining to be claimed as of April 11.
The winning lottery ticket was sold in Hyde Park at Players Cafe.
Another lottery player also won $100,000 during the nightly “Mass Cash” drawing. The winning numbers for the April 10 drawing were 13, 14, 17, 27 and 30, and a ticket that matched all five numbers was sold at Mahant Turnout Variety in Leominster.
Overall, at least 518 prizes worth $600 or more were won or claimed in Massachusetts on Thursday, including five in Springfield, 16 in Worcester and 37 in Boston.
The Massachusetts State Lottery releases a full list of winning tickets every day. The list only includes winning tickets worth more than $600.
The largest lottery prize won so far in 2025 was worth $15 million. It was from a “Diamond Deluxe” scratch ticket sold in Holyoke.
The $15 million winner claimed their prize through a trust on Jan. 30, and opted to receive their prize in the form of a one-time payment of $9.75 million. The winner said they wanted to help out their family and invest with the prize.
