Mass. winner thought she won $10k, had to travel to different Lottery office for $1M check

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dickblow — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 00:36:50 GMT

wait I did same thing thought it says I won 5 dollars no I won 10 dollars

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johnnyBlaze — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 17:27:57 GMT

Probably cuz it ended up being $650k before taxes instead of the actual $1M like she thought on the way to the office. Negative news tend to take the front seat.

It's the same as when someone matches 5/6 and wins $1M but misses out on the big jackpot on that one last number.

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Tony Numbers — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 16:45:13 GMT

Mabye she still thinks it's only 10 thousand

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billybucks — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 13:01:25 GMT

She doesn't look that enthralled about it in that picture. I would rather see a picture of the ticket she played than that fake check though.

Mass. winner thought she won $10k, had to travel to different Lottery office for $1M check

Lottery Post — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 12:33:56 GMT

Wrong office, right prize: million-dollar detour

By Kate Northrop

A Massachusetts woman mistook her $1 million lottery prize for a $10,000 one, leading her on a hunt to the correct Massachusetts Lottery office after she visited the wrong one.

Massachusetts Lottery staff at one office location not only helped a winner sort out her travel troubles, but they gave her some much more exciting news as well she had won a prize way bigger than she originally thought.

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