'Thanks mom': Man wins $1 million on instant ticket gifted by mom for Valentine's Day

WEEK. DOUG AND ANTOINETTE. ALL RIGHT, CINDY, THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, THERE REALLY IS NOTHING LIKE A MOTHER’S LOVE. WELL, A GESTURE FROM ONE TYNGSBOROUGH MAN’S MOM FOR VALENTINE’S DAY PROVES JUST THAT. SO SHE GAVE HIM A CARD WITH TWO INSTANT LOTTERY TICKETS INSIDE IT AS YOU DO. ONE OF THEM WAS WORTH $1 MILLION. MATTHEW BRADLEY SAYS HE GOT THE CARD ON TUESDAY NIGHT. YOU SEE IT THERE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN. SO HE SCRATCHED THE FIRST LOTTERY TICKET. IT WAS A DUD. THANKS, MOM. BUT HE STRUCK THE SECOND ONE AND IT WAS GOLD. HE SAYS, THANKS, MOM. THE TONE CHANG

A Tyngsborough, Massachusetts man won $1 million on an instant lottery ticket his mother gave him for Valentine's Day.Matthew Broadley received a Valentine’s Day card from his mother on Tuesday, and inside the card were two instant tickets for the Massachusetts State Lottery’s “$4,000,000 Jumbo Cash” game.Broadley scratched his tickets at 11 p.m. that night, and the second one was the big winner.Broadley brought the card with him and said “Thanks, mom” when he claimed his prize at Mass Lottery headquarters in Dorchester on Valentine’s Day. He chose to receive his prize in the form of a one-time payment of $650,000 (before taxes). He said he does not have any immediate plans for his winnings.The winning ticket was purchased at Lakeview General Store in Tyngsborough. The store receives a $10,000 bonus for its sale of the ticket.

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A Tyngsborough, Massachusetts man won $1 million on an instant lottery ticket his mother gave him for Valentine's Day.

Matthew Broadley received a Valentine’s Day card from his mother on Tuesday, and inside the card were two instant tickets for the Massachusetts State Lottery’s “$4,000,000 Jumbo Cash” game.

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Broadley scratched his tickets at 11 p.m. that night, and the second one was the big winner.

Broadley brought the card with him and said “Thanks, mom” when he claimed his prize at Mass Lottery headquarters in Dorchester on Valentine’s Day. He chose to receive his prize in the form of a one-time payment of $650,000 (before taxes). He said he does not have any immediate plans for his winnings.

The winning ticket was purchased at Lakeview General Store in Tyngsborough. The store receives a $10,000 bonus for its sale of the ticket.

'Thanks mom': Man wins $1 million on instant ticket gifted by mom for Valentine's Day

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