With two $100,000 Mass Cash prizes still unclaimed, a Hudson man came forward Tuesday to claim a $50,000 Powerball prize he won with a ticket for a June 22, 2022 drawing, just nine days before the ticket expired.
Danny Thomas of Hudson claimed the Powerball prize at the Massachusetts State Lottery office in Braintree on Tuesday, state lottery officials said.
Thomas told lottery officials that he and his wife found the winning ticket after hearing about unclaimed lottery prizes on the radio.
The couple then checked the numbers on the state lottery website and discovered they had won, lottery officials said. They plan to use the winnings to buy a new car.
The winning ticket was purchased at Sunoco at 422 Main St. in Hudson.
Meanwhile, lottery officials are asking local residents to check their older tickets purchased last year, as two unclaimed $100,000 Mass Cash grand prizes won on tickets purchased for separate 2022 drawings are up for grabs to expire
The dates of these unclaimed winning tickets, the place of sale and the winning numbers are as follows:
June 19, 2022 at Seven 86 Market, 249 Blue Hill Ave., in Roxbury, with numbers 01-09-11-21-31; July 10, 2022 at Stop & Shop, 545 Lincoln St., Worcester, with numbers 01-04-08-21-30
Mass Cash and Powerball prize winners have one year from the drawing date to claim their prizes.
Expiring lottery prizes become part of the net profit the lottery returns to the state for distribution to the 351 cities and towns, officials said.
Prizes up to $103,000 can be claimed at lottery headquarters in Dorchester or at lottery claim centers in Braintree, Lawrence, New Bedford, West Springfield and Worcester. Normal opening hours for all locations are Monday to Friday, 8:45am to 4:30pm, excluding public holidays.
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