max.bowen@northstarreporter.com
The Pick N’ Pay on 54 S. Washington St. has sold a winning Megabucks ticket.
According to information provided by the Mass State Lottery, the $710,000 ticket was sold on Wednesday, May 22. The cash option for the prize is $484,415 and the lucky winner has a year to claim it.
The winning numbers were 5-15-16-34-35-36.
This is the second Megabucks jackpot won this month. A $5.37 million jackpot was won on a ticket sold in Northborough for the Saturday, May 4, drawing. It is the third Megabucks jackpot won since the game was redesigned on Nov. 12, 2023 to bring more value to players, with better odds of winning, a higher average jackpot, and double the winnings for all non-jackpot prize tiers.
Monday drawings were added to the traditional lineup of Wednesday and Saturday drawings. The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 7,059,052.
