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Massachusetts lottery had $25M, two $1M winners in the month of August
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Date:2025-04-18 11:30:50
A man from Massachusetts won $1 million from an instant ticket game after pulling over due to a traffic jam.
Bernard Fox became the seventh $1 million prize winner in the Massachusetts State Lottery's "Billion Dollar Extravaganza" after he spent his $50 to purchase the instant ticket game.
Fox told Massachusetts Lottery he had to make a pit stop at Express Mart situated on 395 High Plain St. in Walpole, Massachusetts, owing to heavy traffic on his way home.
He chose to take his reward as a lump sum of $650,000 (pre-tax). Moreover, the store that sold the ticket gets a bonus of $10,000.
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$25 million, $1 million winners join Fox
Residents of Massachusetts have been winning big all August. The state's lottery announced Monday someone has won $25 million after playing the "Billion Dollar Extravaganza" game at a Speedway in Somerville.
The final big winner was Glen Asaro of Glouchester, who won $1 million after his friend told him to play the instant game.
The "Billion Dollar Extravaganza" game includes the Massachusetts Lottery's largest ever instant-win prize, worth $25 million, and has the highest payout percentage of any of the state's games, at 82%, lottery officials said.
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