Massachusetts Lottery Player Wins $500,000 on Scratch Ticket

A Massachusetts Lottery player is celebrating after claiming a $500,000 top prize from a scratch-off ticket purchased in Leominster.

The winning ticket was a $5 Big Blue Bonus Cashword ticket sold at 76 Food Mart. The game has four $500,000 top prizes, and three are still up for grabs.

Here are a few key details:

• 💰 Prize: $500,000
• 🎟️ Game: Big Blue Bonus Cashword
• 📍 Purchased: 76 Food Mart in Leominster
• 🏆 Top prizes remaining: 3

Massachusetts saw 773 lottery prizes worth $600 or more claimed or won Thursday. Boston recorded 35 of those prizes, while Springfield and Worcester each had 14.

So far this year, the state's biggest claimed lottery prize has been a $25 million win from a $25,000,000 Mega Money ticket sold at a Cumberland Farms gas station in Turners Falls.

The Massachusetts State Lottery publishes a daily list of winning tickets valued at more than $600.