A Massachusetts man has won a life-changing $1 million prize from the Massachusetts Lottery. While this wasn’t the game’s top prize, it will still significantly beef the man’s retirement funds.
Shadfar Will Invest in His Retirement
The lucky winner was identified as Jamshid Shadfar, of Worcester. According to reports, the man was playing the Massachusetts Lottery’s $5,000,000 100X Cashword game when he won the mouth-watering $1 million prize.
While the game’s top prize is five times bigger than what Shadfar ended up winning, his winnings are still significant and will greatly enhance his life. The Worcester man opted to take the lump sum rather than the annuity and will thus receive $650,000 before taxes. The man told the lottery that he will put the funds toward his retirement.
In the meantime, the Value Mart on Hamilton Street in Worcester will get a $10,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket.
For context, the $5,000,000 100X Cashword game was launched on June 13, 2024. The game featured 2 top prizes of $5 million, one of which has already been won. The game also featured 10 prizes of $1 million, such as the one Shadfar won. According to the Massachusetts Lottery’s official website, only 1 of these remains.
The odds of winning the top $5,000,000 100X Cashword prize are 1 in 5,040,000. The odds of winning any prize, however, are much more favorable, standing at 1 in 2.85.
To put things into perspective, Shadfar beat odds of 1 in 1,008,000 to claim his prize.
Other Recent US Lottery Winners
In other news, a man in Maryland recently won a $31,118.30 prize after matching almost all winning numbers in the lottery’s Racetrax game. The winner admitted that he had been playing the same combo for years after getting introduced to the game by a friend.
Earlier this month Washington’s Lottery officials announced that a lucky player from Snohomish County has hit the Hit 5 jackpot, which stood at $230,000 at the time. The jackpot was then reset and has since grown to $270,000, as of the time of this writing.