A winning lottery ticket worth of $16.5 million is sold out in ware

Folks in town have taken to checking in with relatives, not to be sure they're OK but instead to find out if they're suddenly kin to a multimillionaire.

That's because a Megabucks Doubler ticket that won $16.35 million in Saturday's drawing was sold at a Ware convenience store.

The Massachusetts State Lottery jackpot is the game’s largest since it launched in April 2009.

The cash option on the prize is $12 million. As of Monday afternoon, no one had come forward to claim the winning ticket.

At the Crystal Springs lunch counter on West Street, a short distance from the Cumberland Farms Store where the winning ticket was sold, the usual chatter was seasoned with speculation, rumors and dreams.

The winner has 180 days from the day of the lottery draw to claim the winning prize money.