Out-of-state player wins two big Massachusetts Lottery prizes in a row
By Kate Northrop
SOMERVILLE, Mass. — A New Hampshire resident revealed what motivated him to play the lottery in Massachusetts after he won a $4 million top prize at a special store.
Massachusetts Lottery officials welcomed a New Hampshire resident to their headquarters in Dorchester, who turned out to be a big fan of the state lottery.
Jose Collado, of Pelham, New Hampshire, has had a lucky time in Massachusetts. He won a $1,000 prize on an instant ticket, but it didn't stop there.
He had purchased that $1,000-winning ticket at the Speedway on McGrath Highway in Somerville. The very next day, he was back at the same retailer and decided to try his luck once more.
He settled on a $10 "$4,000,000 Gold 50X" scratch-off ticket, which offered three top prizes of $4 million — not a bad top prize for a $10 scratch-off game.
As it turned out, Collado's ticket was the very first $4 million top prize winner.
He brought his ticket to Lottery headquarters on March 4 to claim his prize, which he had won just one day after his initial $1,000 win.
"You can win more in Mass!" Collado told the Lottery. He added that he plans on investing the winnings.
For selling the winning ticket, the retailer receives a $40,000 bonus commission from the Lottery.
There are two top prizes of $4 million left to claim in the $10 "$4,000,000 Gold 50X" scratch-off game, which launched in January. All seven second-tier prizes of $1 million remain, as well as 170 out of 224 third-tier prizes of $10,000.
The overall odds of winning any prize in the game are 1 in 4.79.
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Wow, that is a great deal.
$10 ticket with a $4,000,000 top prize is awesome.
I would give that a shot if I passed by the State.
Definitely worth it.
Congrats on the win 🥳
Wow , Euro Million is so big right now, more than Mega million and Power ball combined ...
It's not more than MM and PB combined 🤔
Sounds like you forgot to put on your glasses when you saw the Euro Millions Jackpot of $193.7 which only equals about 211 Million U.S. dollars. Where as the Mega Millions jackpot currently is 301 million dollars and the Powerball is currently 378 million dollars, The Euro million is not more than either Mega Millions or Powerball combined, it is less.
No,the MM and PB 301 and 378 million are before tax ok, for lump sum you will get less than 1/3 of 301 and 378 million,while Euro Million ,most countries are no taxes,few country taxed only 20%, it means you get what you see.So if you combined the MM and PB and is still less than the EuroM 221 million. That why I said the Euro M is so big right now.
The combined MM and PB jackpot after federal taxes is $204,961,960 (USD)
The current Euro Millions jackpot is €178,000,000 that converts to $194,418,655.92.
For the combined MM and PB, I did not factor States that tax the lottery.
For the Euro Millions, I did not consider the countries that tax winnings.
So it's still fair to say that MM and PB combined is more than Euro Millions.
However, individually, Euro Millions is higher than the other jackpots even when you factor the countries that tax the winnings.