Massachusetts woman wins National lottery prize worth $1M

A lucky woman from Massachusetts named Christine Wilson wins a whopping sum of $1 million playing The National Lottery's the state’s new $50 instant ticket game.

The winning ticket was purchased from Dubs’s Discount Liquors on Chauncy Street in Mansfield, according to the Lottery. The store will receive a bonus of $10,000 for selling the winning ticket. 

The winner recently claimed her winning amount from the lottery headquarters and took home a lump-sum payment of $650,000 after taxes. 

The National Lottery is the state-franchised national lottery established in 1994 in the United Kingdom. Prizes are paid as a lump sum (with the exception of the Set For Life which is paid over a set period) and are tax-free. Of all money spent on National Lottery games, around 53% goes to the prize fund and 25% to "good causes".