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One in a million odds: Dighton resident wins $1 million from MA lottery ticket

DIGHTON — Michael Stephens, a former deep-sea fisherman from Dighton, became the second $1 million Lottery prize winner in the Massachusetts Lottery’s new JAWS instant ticket game.

 

The odds of winning were one in 1,344,000, according to the Massachusetts State Lottery's website.

 

Stephens, who bought the lucky scratch off ticket at the Olde Village Corner Store in Somerset, claimed the one-time cash payment of $650,000 at the Massachusetts State Lottery headquarters in Dorchester on April 22.

 

He plans to share the winnings with his family and travel with his wife.

 

Read more at heraldnews.com.

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