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Boston Globe
18-07-2025
- Business
- Boston Globe
‘I'm still so shocked!' Woman thought she won $10K on a scratch ticket, but it was much more
Sloan was told to visit the Dorchester headquarters to claim her prize, and she ended up choosing the cash option, receiving a one-time payment (before taxes) of $650,000, lottery officials said. Sloan purchased the winning '$2,000,000 Diamond Cashword' scratch ticket at Village Knoll Variety in Millbury, according to lottery officials. The store will receive a $10,000 bonus for selling Sloan's winning ticket, lottery officials said. Advertisement Sloan said said she plans to invest her winnings and help her children. Visited our Worcester Regional Office thinking she hit for $10,000, but it was actually a $1 MILLION winner 🤩 Playing $2,000,000 Diamond Cashword ($10) — Mass. State Lottery (@MAStateLottery) Emily Sweeney can be reached at
Yahoo
03-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Springfield lottery winner plans to use winnings for home repairs
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – A Springfield woman is the winner of a $1 million prize in the Massachusetts State Lottery's '$2,000,000 Diamond Cashword' instant ticket game. The lottery announced on April Fools' Day that Tawanda Brown cashed in her ticket and claimed a one-time payment of $650,000 (before taxes). She said she plans on buying a new washer and dryer and making some home repairs. Springfield custodian says $1 million lottery ticket changed his life Tawanda bought her ticket at Pride on Wilbrham Road in Springfield, and the store will receive a $10,000 bonus for the sale. The '$2,000,000 Diamond Cashword' is a $10 ticket that has four remaining tickets worth a $2 million prize and eight $1 million tickets. WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Watch the 22News Digital Edition weekdays at 4 p.m. on Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.