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Massachusetts dad gives daughter lottery ticket worth $2M
Vanesa Menijvar Acosta won $2 million from a lottery ticket she received as a gift from her father. Photo courtesy of the Massachusetts State Lottery
June 6 (UPI) -- A Georgia woman who received a Massachusetts State Lottery scratch-off ticket as a gift from her father ended up winning $2 million.
Vanesa Menijvar Acosta, of Norcross, Ga., told lottery officials she received the ticket as a gift from her father, who bought it from the East Boston Corner Market on London Street in East Boston.
The ticket, a $25,000,000 Mega Money game, turned out to be a $2 million winner.
Menijvar Acosta said her winnings will go toward buying a house and paying for college.
