Springfield Trust Collects $19.6M After Record Megabucks Drawing
The $29.7 million prize claimed on October 28 exceeds the prior Megabucks high by roughly $8 million.
By David Marshall ·
A lottery prize of nearly $30 million will be paid out as a single check of $19,635,669 before taxes, after a Springfield trust collected the largest jackpot in Megabucks history. The Massachusetts Lottery said the Potato Head Trust claimed the award on October 28 through trustee Hyman Darling.
The game paid out $29,710,000 in the September 7 drawing, a figure that stands above the previous Megabucks record of $21,714,520, set October 16, 1985. Other top prizes in the game's history include $21,148,080 on January 8, 1986, and $18,218,080 on March 10, 1984. Megabucks began in 1982.
The winning ticket was sold before the September 7 drawing at King Mart on Westfield Road in Holyoke. The Massachusetts Lottery said the store receives a $50,000 bonus for selling it.
Darling said the trust's name honors someone the winner knows who reminded them of Mr. Potato Head. Megabucks is offered only in Massachusetts, and players match six numbers to take the top prize. Drawings are held Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays at 9 p.m.
