Lucky Sterling man scratches a lottery Cashwords and grabs a $2million Christmas gift
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The Massachusetts winner of a $2million Cashword scratch ticket won his prize just in time for Christmas.
Fredi Rubio, of Sterling, played the “$2,000,000 50X Cashword” scratch ticket game which had 3 out of 5 top tier tickets remaining.
The delighted winner chose the cash option for the two million-dollar windfall, and chose a one-time payment of $1.3million, before taxes.
Rubio purchased his ticket from Appletown Market in Sterling.
Appleton Market store will receive a $20,000 commission bonus for selling the winning ticket.
On the Wednesday Rubio claimed his ticket, there were seven other scratch ticket winners in the state, with each of the other prizes totaling $100,000.
One of the seven $100,000 prizes was also won from a scratch ticket, but for the “Millions” game. The winning ticket was sold from Express Mart in Plymouth.
The Massachusetts State Lottery releases a full list of all the winning tickets each day for winning tickets worth more than $600.
The largest lottery prize won so far in Massachusetts in 2022 was worth $16.35 million.
This was the Megabucks Doubler, purchased at Cumberland Farms in Ware. There were also three $15 million prizes won in the state this year.
