Massachusetts State Lottery

After playing the same Megabucks numbers for over 30 years, a Massachusetts man finally hit the jackpot. Kevin Connor, who’s from the Rochdale village of Leicester, won the $2.64 million jackpot prize that took place Saturday, according to the Massachusetts State Lottery Commission, who said he received a one-time payment of over $1.8 million before taxes. Connor plays a combination…

At the Old South Diner on Nantucket, you can some pizza, Chinese food — and if you’re lucky — a big-winning lottery ticket. The convenience store and takeout restaurant has perhaps become the luckiest place in Massachusetts over recent months — since March, three lottery tickets sold there have won a $1 million or more. “It’s been crazy,” manager Binod…

How would you like to get $1 million a year for the rest of your life? Well, now you can — for just $50. Starting Tuesday, players can purchase a $50 “Lifetime Millions” scratch ticket for a chance to instantly win $1 million every year for life at any Massachusetts Lottery retailer. There are three $1 million prizes available. Winners…

A man got the surprise of a lifetime after he had forgotten an instant ticket worth $1 million in his home. Khalil Soussa of Medford won in the Massachusetts State Lottery “15,000,000 Money Maker” instant ticket game, the lottery said this month. Soussa said he had bought the ticket months ago and had forgotten about it, but got it back…

A Massachusetts man experienced an extraordinary stroke of luck just three days after telling his employer he was planning to retire. On July 20, West Boylston resident Paul Bashaw scratched off a whopping $1 million prize in the Massachusetts State Lottery’s $5 million 100x Cashword instant ticket game. The week started with Bashaw revealing his intention to retire at the…