Patriots Fan Wins $1 Million During Halftime Contest

The luckiest man at Gillette Stadium this Sunday during the New England Patriots’ game against the Miami Dolphins was not on the field for the majority of the day but was a Fairhaven man who had nearly one in a million odds for the opportunity to win $1 million dollars.

So you’re telling me there’s a chance.

As part of the Mass Lottery’s New England Patriots scratch ticket, there is a second chance drawing for those who did not win on their first attempt.

Late last year, Ernest Tomascik from Fairhaven, MA, won when he was selected among the 965,000 second-chance participants and learned that he would be attending a game this season to participate in a halftime lottery drawing.

During halftime, he had to choose from 24 oversized second-chance lottery tickets, each with a prize. After choosing ticket number 12, he became $1 million richer and the biggest winner of a halftime promotion in franchise history.

According to the Massachusetts State Lottery, Tomascik was the first second chance contestant to win the grand prize.

Photo Credit: Massachusetts State Lottery