Two lucky lottery players won big, each spending only $20 to win $1 million awards, prizes they claimed Friday.
One of the $1 million prizes was won from a “$5,000,000 100X Cashword 2021″ scratch ticket bought at Gomes Liquors in Fitchburg, according to the Massachusetts State Lottery’s website. The other was won from a “$5,000,000 100X CASHWORD” scratch ticket bought at J & J Variety in West Boylston. Each award amounts to $650,000 before taxes.
The odds of winning $1 million playing either lottery game are one in 1.008 million. The odds of winning $5 million, the highest prize in both games, are one in 5.04 million.
Those who took home the $1 million prizes were not the only lucky lottery player in Massachusetts this week. On Thursday, a winning $2 million ticket bought from a Citgo station in Agawam was claimed. On Wednesday, a winning $100,000 lottery ticket sold from a Massachusetts store located less than half a mile away from the Rhode Island border was claimed. On Tuesday, a $100,000 lottery prize was claimed in Raynham from a scratch ticket bought for $30, and on Monday, a winning $500,000 lottery ticket bought at a Cumberland Farms convenience shop in Hull was claimed.
Every day, the State Lottery releases a list of all the winning tickets sold in Massachusetts worth more than $600. Overall, there were 651 winning lottery tickets worth at least $600 sold in the state Friday, including 14 in Springfield, 22 in Worcester and 58 in Boston.
So far in 2023, the two largest lottery prizes won in the commonwealth were the $33 million and $31 million “Mega Millions” jackpots that were won a week apart from each other in January.
The $31 million ticket was bought at a Gibbs gas station in Woburn and won during the Tuesday, Jan. 3 drawing. The winner of the award claimed their prize on March 8 through S & L Trust.
The $33 million ticket was bought at a Stop & Shop in Belchertown and won during the Tuesday, Jan. 24 drawing. The winner of the award claimed their prize on March 1 through the Skylark Group Trust.
