A lucky Massachusetts State Lottery player bought a jackpot-winning Megabucks ticket at a country club in Leicester on Saturday.
The ticket, worth $2.64 million, was purchased for $2 at the Hillcrest Country Club on Pleasant Street.
Another Massachusetts player bought a winning Powerball ticket worth $50,000 at a Market Basket in Chelmsford on Saturday.
In Megabucks, players select six numbers between 1 and 44 and mark the number of drawings they want to use the same numbers for. Each play costs $2, and drawings are held every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 9 p.m.
Players that match all six numbers win the jackpot. They have one in 7,059,052 odds of winning the jackpot.
In Powerball, players select five numbers between 1 and 69 and one Powerball number between 1 and 26. They then choose how many drawings they want to use those numbers for.
Players that match all five numbers and the Powerball number win the jackpot. They have 1 in 292,201,338 chances of winning this way.
Players that match four numbers and the Powerball number win $50,000. They have 1 in 913,129.18 chances of winning this way.
The Powerball jackpot prize stands at $44 million as of Sunday. Powerball drawings take place every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 p.m.
Overall, at least 227 prizes worth $600 or more were won or claimed in Massachusetts on Thursday, including three in Springfield and nine in Worcester.
The Massachusetts State Lottery releases a full list of winning tickets every day. The list only includes winning tickets worth more than $600.
So far, the largest lottery prize won in Massachusetts this year was worth $1 million a year for life. The prize was from the lottery’s “Lifetime Millions” scratch ticket game. The winner claimed their prize through a trust on July 10, and opted to receive a one-time payment of $15.4 million.
