A Quincy man's own nickname turned into a $1 million payday after the word "Tan" showed up as one of the winning matches on his Massachusetts Lottery scratch ticket. Jakkrit Likhitpanyawat bought the $10 "$2,000,000 50X Cashword" ticket at Lucky Quick Pik, a convenience store at 19 Beale St. in Quincy, and opted for a one-time cash payment of $650,000 before taxes. He says he plans to invest the winnings.
Likhitpanyawat's win was confirmed by the Massachusetts State Lottery on July 3, 2026, according to MassLive. Tan is a nickname he goes by, and seeing it printed as a match on the card is what tipped him off that he'd hit the top prize.
The Math Behind a $650,000 Cash Option
Choosing the lump sum instead of an annuity comes with an immediate cost. Under state and federal rules, Massachusetts Lottery prizes over $5,000 face automatic withholding of 24% for federal income tax and 5% for state income tax, according to Mass.gov. For a $650,000 payout, that works out to roughly $188,500 withheld upfront, before Likhitpanyawat ever files a return.
Lucky Quick Pik's Cut of the Windfall
Lucky Quick Pik, the Beale Street store where Likhitpanyawat bought his ticket, stands to collect a $10,000 retailer bonus for selling the winning card. WBSM reports that Massachusetts caps that incentive at 1% of a $1 million prize, capped at $10,000, and that the money is paid out of the game's overall payout allocation rather than subtracted from the winner's own prize.
The store itself is a neighborhood fixture. Lucky Quick Pik also sells coffee, stocks roughly 80 scratch ticket varieties and sets aside dedicated space for regular players, according to Wanderboat AI.
Millions Still Unclaimed From the Same Game
The "$2,000,000 50X Cashword 2025" game Likhitpanyawat played launched on October 3, 2025, as a $10 ticket with overall odds of 1 in 3.26 and initial odds of 1 in 2,520,000 for landing a $1 million prize, per LottoEdge. As of August, five $1 million prizes and two $2 million grand prizes from that same game remain unclaimed, according to the Fall River Reporter.
Quincy's Recent Run of Big Tickets
Quincy has produced a string of major lottery claims this year, including a $1 million prize claimed by Wigglebucks Trust in March and another $1 million claim by Red Oak Nominee Trust in July, according to the Massachusetts Lottery. Winners around the state often use nominee trusts like those to collect prizes while keeping their identities private.
A Billion-Dollar Habit Across the Commonwealth
Massachusetts residents spend an average of about $1,000 per year per capita on lottery tickets, the highest rate of any state in the country, WBSM reports. That appetite traces back to 1974, when Massachusetts became the first state in the nation to sell instant scratch tickets, a $1 ticket called "The Instant Game" with a $10,000 top prize.
That habit adds up. The Massachusetts Lottery reported an estimated $1.065 billion in net profit for fiscal year 2025, marking the fifth straight year the agency has returned more than $1 billion to the state's 351 cities and towns as unrestricted local aid. It remains unclear whether Likhitpanyawat sought out a ticket themed around his own nickname or simply grabbed it as a routine purchase, and how much of his winnings he ultimately plans to put toward investments.
