Cumberland Farms stores in East Templeton and Blackstone sold two Mass Lottery scratch tickets that each turned into about $1 million, with the wins coming within two days of one another. The tickets were bought on June 15 and June 16, putting the same retailer chain at the center of a rare run of seven-figure prizes.
The first win came when a player bought a $4,000,000 EXTREME Cash ticket at Cumberland Farms in East Templeton on June 15 and hit a $1 million prize. A day later, another customer bought a $4,000,000 Cash Doubler ticket at a Cumberland Farms gas station in Blackstone and also landed about $1 million. For readers checking the game status now, the Massachusetts Lottery website showed six $1 million prizes still left in $4,000,000 EXTREME Cash, while none of the two $4 million top prizes had been claimed. In $4,000,000 Cash Doubler, the site showed seven $1 million prizes in the game, with four already won, and three top prizes of $4 million, with one already won.
That quick pair of hits was part of a busier stretch for the Massachusetts Lottery. On June 16, a player in Methuen bought a winning ticket from Ted’s Stateline Mobil and took home $1 million from $4,000,000 IN THE MONEY. On June 18, $4,000,000 LION’S SHARE at Westboro Shell in Westboro and $4,000,000 Bonus Loot at Lucky Spot Convenience in Randolph each produced $1 million wins, while a winning Fabulous Fortune ticket bought in Braintree paid $4 million. In April, a casino visitor at Encore Boston Harbor turned a $3.75 bet on the Little Shop of Horrors slot machine into a $25,000 payout.
The unresolved part is the one that matters most for the two Cumberland Farms tickets: the winning players have not yet come forward to claim the prizes. Until they do, the store counter stays the place where the story begins, but not where it ends.
