Massachusetts Trust Claims $500K Lottery Prize

A trust in Massachusetts has made a significant win by claiming a $500,000 top lottery prize. The prize was won on the State Lottery’s $500,000 Frenzy scratch ticket game. The exact name of the winner or winners was not disclosed by the lottery, but the trust's representative, Katherine Wally, opted for the one-off payment, estimated at $500,000 before taxes.

The ticket was purchased at Cumberland Farms, 502 Washington St. in Auburn. The venue is also eligible for receiving a bonus for selling the winning ticket. The odds of winning the game’s top prize are one in 161,280, with 28 more top prizes remaining to be claimed as of the time of writing.

Massachusetts obligates any lottery prize over $50,000 to be claimed in person by the winner or a representative. This is not the first big win to come out of Massachusetts in recent days. Previously, a woman, Esther Feliciano, turned a $1 bet into a $571,370 windfall. She claimed her prize much like Wally - at the lottery’s headquarters in Dorchester- and also picked the one-off payment.