Medford Lottery Winner Featured On HGTV's 'My Lottery Dream Home'

MEDFORD, MA — A Medford man who won $650,000 from a scratch ticket last fall will be featured on the HGTV show "My Lottery Dream Home." Nicholas Rocco, 24, won the Massachusetts State Lottery's "Fastest Road to $1 Million" instant ticket game after buying a ticket in Wilmington.

"My Lottery Dream Home" follows host David Bromstad as he helps lottery winners find a home worthy of their new tax bracket. Rocco posted photos of himself and his fiancee with Bromstad on a Facebook group for Wilmington residents. He offered few other details, but hinted that Season 5, Episode 7 may make a stop in Wilmington.

"You will see," Rocco wrote when asked if he lived in Wilmington. The episode is scheduled to air next month.

Rocco took an instant payout option of $650,000 when he won in October, according to the Massachusetts Lottery. At the time, he told lottery officials he had bought his first house at 22 and had already bought one with his lottery proceeds, with plans of buying "a couple more."

Dave Copeland (Patch Staff) contributed to this report.