Massachusetts State Lottery

A request from one marijuana store to be allowed to also sell Massachusetts Lottery tickets has sparked a broad conversation at the Cannabis Control Commission about where to draw the line on the sale of non-cannabis products as the legal marijuana industry matures to include establishments beyond standard retailers. State law and the CCC’s regulations neither explicitly allow nor...

How would you like to get $1 million a year for the rest of your life? Well, now you can — for just $50. Starting Tuesday, players can purchase a $50 “Lifetime Millions” scratch ticket for a chance to instantly win $1 million every year for life at any Massachusetts Lottery retailer. There are three $1 million prizes available. Winners…

Imagine buying a lottery ticket that hits a multi-million-dollar jackpot, but you didn’t know you won. You wouldn’t find out until weeks later when someone recognizes you on surveillance video and you discover you’re a part of an investigation conducted by the Massachusetts State Lottery and state police. That scenario plays out in “The $3 Million Mistake,” a new...

Imagine having a lottery ticket in your hand that turns out to be the winner of a multi-million-dollar prize — but instead of collecting the money, you return the ticket because it belongs to someone else. NBC10 Boston explores the situation in this new documentary.

A man got the surprise of a lifetime after he had forgotten an instant ticket worth $1 million in his home. Khalil Soussa of Medford won in the Massachusetts State Lottery “15,000,000 Money Maker” instant ticket game, the lottery said this month. Soussa said he had bought the ticket months ago and had forgotten about it, but got it back…

A Massachusetts man experienced an extraordinary stroke of luck just three days after telling his employer he was planning to retire. On July 20, West Boylston resident Paul Bashaw scratched off a whopping $1 million prize in the Massachusetts State Lottery’s $5 million 100x Cashword instant ticket game. The week started with Bashaw revealing his intention to retire at the…

At $1.6 billion dollars, this jackpot is the largest lottery prize ever.

Powerball says its odds of winning any prize are 1 in 24.9, while the odds of winning a jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million. Mega Millions, meanwhile, says there is a 1 in 24 chance of winning any prize, and a 1 in 302.5 million chance of winning a jackpot.

The fourth largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history — and the second largest Powerball jackpot — has people in a frenzy to make sure they’ve got tickets ahead of Wednesday night’s drawing. After 38 drawings without a grand prize winner, the Powerball jackpot has climbed to $1.2 billion. The cash option for the prize is estimated to be $596.7 million….