One Of Our Listeners, A Salem Resident, Won $1 Million On a Scratch Ticket

One Of Our Listeners, A Salem Resident, Won $1 Million! This can't be real life. Imagine you walk into a convenience store to purchase a scratch ticket and you realize you have a winning number. And when you scratch the winning number's prize, it says you've just won $1 million! That just happened to Salem, MA own Michael Pereira.

Pereira is one of our listeners (Hot 96.9) who regularly participates in our contests, specifically our $96,000 Birthday Payday. He messages us frequently and this morning, he told us the amazing news. "I figured since it is public knowledge as of yesterday I would send you this" and then he proceeded to send a picture of himself with the gigantic check:

Michael says the ticket was the $10 $4 Million Mayhem and that he asked the clerk at the store which happens to be a good friend to just pick some random tickets for him. He chose the lump sum and after taxes he'll be taking home a little over $460,000.

Here are pictures of the actual winning numbers:

Michael plans on helping his mother and brother out and purchasing a new car since his died last month. He's purchasing an Acura TLX type S.

8 Massachusetts Lucky Lottery Scratch Tickets. Feeling lucky? Are you a gambler? Maybe you want to take a ride to your local casino. Here in Massachusetts there are a few like Encore Boston Harbor, Plainridge Park and MGM Springfield where you can press your luck. But maybe you don’t want to take a ride several miles to win some money. The key to winning some serious cash is right down the street at your local convenience store.

Scratch tickets are all the rage here in Massachusetts. Back in 2020, we spent the most money out of any state in the country on lottery tickets. The average lottery player in Massachusetts spent about $1000 annually, on tickets. That’s about $300 more than any state.

What if you knew going into that store which lottery ticket was going to win? That may take the fun out of gambling, but you’d be more apt to buy said ticket, correct? Well, that answer is right at the click of a button. The Massachusetts state lottery has a website where they literally put the odds of winning on each ticket. Knowing this information should make you better informed before buying your next ticket. That is, if you want to win.

Odds of winning are typically printed on the back of each lottery ticket. But we are going to do the work for you. Now, as you know, new tickets are being introduced each month. AND they also tell you which grand prizes haven’t been claimed yet. So, you have to make sure you’re updating your list each month because odds can change month to month. Here are the 8 scratch tickets with the best odds to win in the month of August.

People LOVE this Cashword ticket. It involves thinking. This is the $10 ticket and has a grand prize of $2,000,000 ($100K/YR/20YRS). Five of them are still remaining! Odds of winning are 1 in 3.26.

Another popular ticket and is consistently on this list. Odds of winning are 1 in 3.09. This is a $30 ticket. There are 2 of the 3 grand prizes of $15,000,000 ($750K/YR/20YRS) remaining. 

This is a $20 ticket. Odds of winning are 1 in 2.94. There are 2 of the 3 grand prizes of $10,000,000 ($500K/YR/20YRS) remaining. 

So there are NO grand prizes left with this ticket. So if that's your goal, then this may not be the ticket for you. It's a $20 ticket. Odds of winning are 1 in 2.94.

This is a $20 ticket. Odds of winning are 1 in 2.93. ALL 3 of its grand prizes remain so this is a good choice. Grand prize is $10,000,000 ($500K/YR/20YRS).

Another cashword ticket that requires a bit of thinking to scratch. People LOVE these. There are 2 of the 2 grand prizes remaining. Grand prize is $5,000,000 ($250K/YR/20YRS). This is a $20 ticket and odds of winning are 1 in 2.85. 

A token favorite. I personally love these tickets. I feel I've won more on them than any other ticket. Odds of winning are 1 in 2.77. 2 of the 3 grand prizes of $15,000,000 ($750K/YR/20YRS) remain. 

A $30 ticket that has a grand prize of $15,000,000 ($750K/YR/20YRS) remaining and there is one left. Odds of winning are 1 in 2.76. This is your BEST odds winning ticket in August.