A quick stop at a Wrentham convenience store has turned into a retirement plan for one local mom. George Zakhary of Bellingham scratched his way to a $1 million prize on a Massachusetts Lottery $10 instant ticket this week and says the big win is going straight toward helping his mother retire. He chose the lump-sum cash option, walking away with $650,000 before taxes from what started as a routine visit to a neighborhood shop.
According to CBS Boston, Zakhary bought the lucky ticket at Hotshot on South Street in Wrentham. The store will collect a $10,000 bonus from the Lottery for selling the winner. The outlet reports that Zakhary selected the one-time cash payout and received $650,000 before taxes, and Lottery officials told the station that the $1 million score is the largest prize ever claimed in Wrentham.
Ticket odds and remaining top prizes
The $4,000,000 Bonus Bucks $10 instant game carries overall odds of about 1 in 3.47, and the Massachusetts State Lottery’s game listing shows one $4 million grand prize and two $1 million prizes still unclaimed. Those figures come from the Massachusetts State Lottery official game details and its prizes-remaining tool.
Lottery officials also told CBS Boston that scratch-ticket sales, which make up roughly two-thirds of the Lottery’s revenue, were down about $5.2 million in April compared with April 2025. That slump forms the backdrop to this spring’s streak of big instant-ticket winners. CBS notes that the largest scratch payoff so far this year was a $25 million top prize claimed in Turner Falls, a reminder that eye-popping jackpots have been popping up all over the Commonwealth in recent months.
