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Arlington Convenience Store Sold $100K Winning Lotto Ticket
Makes you want to go out and get a lotto ticket.

ARLINGTON, MA — Do you play the lottery? Well this might have you wondering if you should have. A MassCash ticket sold at Easy Convenience, 935 Mass Ave. in Arlington, won $100,000 in Tuesday night's drawing.
Here's how it works. The ticket holder picks five numbers out of 35. Then you see if your numbers match the numbers selected at the next drawing. Each play costs $1. Easy enough, right?
The probability of winning the top prize of $100,000 as happened here? 1 in 324,632 chance, according to the lottery.
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Fun fact? The MassCash game started on March 28, 1991.
Here's the drawing:
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No word yet on just who the winner was. But we'll keep you posted.
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