One lucky Massachusetts State Lottery player scored a $100,000 prize from a $2 scratch ticket they bought at a convenience store in Boston.
The $100,000 prize, which was claimed Friday, was won from the game “$100,000 Diamonds.” The winning ticket was bought at the Quality Market convenience store on N. Beacon Street in the Brighton neighborhood of Boston, according to the State Lottery’s website.
The odds of winning $100,000 the highest prize that can be won in “$100,000 Diamonds,” are one in 3.024 million.
The lucky ticket-holder who took home the $100,000 prize Friday was not the only fortunate lottery player in the commonwealth this week. On Thursday, a liquor store in New Bedford called Jay’s Wine & Spirit sold a $100,000 ticket. On Wednesday, a $1 million prize was claimed from a scratch ticket sold at a liquor and convenience store in Dracut called Dracut Town Variety. On Tuesday, someone in Massachusetts won $1 million during the Mega Millions drawing, and on Monday, three people in the state each won or claimed $100,000 from tickets their tickets.
Each day, the State Lottery releases a list of all the winning tickets sold in Massachusetts worth more than $600. Overall, there were 667 winning lottery tickets worth at least $600 sold or claimed in the state Friday, including nine in Springfield, 16 in Worcester and 59 in Boston.
So far this year, the two largest lottery prizes won in Massachusetts were the $33 million and $31 million Mega Millions jackpots scored a week apart from each other in January.
The $31 million ticket, which was bought at a Gibbs gas station in Woburn, was won during the Tuesday, Jan. 3 drawing, and the winner of the award claimed their prize on March 8 through the S & L Trust.
The $33 million ticket, which was bought at a Stop & Shop in Belchertown, was won during the Tuesday, Jan. 24 drawing. The winner of the award claimed their prize on March 1 through the Skylark Group Trust.
