A Quincy-based trust has quietly scooped up a $15 million top prize from the Massachusetts State Lottery’s Diamond Deluxe scratch-off, turning a routine stop at a small-town convenience store into a life-changing payday. The winning ticket was sold at Millis Mart, 915 Main St. in Millis, according to the Lottery. The prize was claimed by Fortunate Sun Trust, represented by trustee David Spillane, which opted for a one-time lump-sum payment of $9,750,000 before taxes instead of annuity payments. Millis Mart will collect a $50,000 retailer bonus for selling the ticket, and the Lottery says one $15 million grand prize in the game is still up for grabs.
As reported by Boston 25 News, Fortunate Sun Trust registered the claim at State Lottery offices in Quincy and chose the cash option. The station notes that Spillane signed as trustee and confirms the prize came from the Diamond Deluxe instant game. The Lottery did not release any additional personal information about the winner.
What the Diamond Deluxe Ticket Is
The Diamond Deluxe is a $30 instant ticket with a $15 million top prize, according to the Massachusetts Lottery’s Massachusetts Lottery. Top-prize winners can choose between an annuity or a single cash payout, and the $15 million option typically works out to about $9.75 million before taxes. Because top-tier wins on high-dollar scratch tickets are so rare, any multimillion-dollar hit tends to ripple across the state.
Small-Town Windfall For Millis Mart
Millis Mart is getting its own payday, with the Lottery awarding the store a standard $50,000 bonus for selling the lucky ticket. For a neighborhood shop, that kind of bump can mean everything from upgrades to a bit of breathing room.
Patch reported the ticket was sold on Thursday and pointed out that the Lottery publishes a daily rundown of winning tickets. Stores that sell a massive winner often see a short-term rush of curious customers and hopeful copycats who want to buy “the next lucky one.”
How Claims And Verification Work
Big instant-ticket prizes are often claimed through trusts or other entities instead of under a person’s name, and those claims, along with retailer bonuses, are logged in the Lottery’s public records. The Massachusetts Lottery keeps an online list of winners and a prize-tracker that shows how many top prizes remain in each game.
Players holding Diamond Deluxe tickets who suspect they are sitting on a winner should check the official Lottery listings or contact the agency directly for instructions on how to claim.
For Millis, the story is straightforward: a huge scratch-off score and a $50,000 boost for the corner store that sold it. For everyone else in Massachusetts, it is another reminder that multimillion-dollar instant wins do not come around often, and when they do, they have a habit of landing in places most people drive past without a second thought.
