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Another Lucky Lottery Winner: Prize Ticket Sold In Natick

A Watertown man won $1 million in a new Massachusetts Lottery game.

Ahmed Abualsebah chose to receive his $1 million prize in the Massachusetts State Lottery as a one-time, pre-tax payment of $650,000.
Ahmed Abualsebah chose to receive his $1 million prize in the Massachusetts State Lottery as a one-time, pre-tax payment of $650,000. (Massachusetts State Lottery)

NATICK, MA — Soon after releasing news of other winners, the state’s lottery commission says another lucky Bay Stater has scored big – this time, in Natick.

Ahmed Abualsebah of Watertown won a $1 million prize in the Massachusetts State Lottery’s “$2,000,000 Stacked” instant ticket game, which began last month.

Abualsebah chose to receive his prize as a pre-tax payment of $650,000, and said he plans to invest in real estate with his winnings, according to a lottery statement.

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He purchased his winning ticket at a Gulf gas station off the Massachusetts Turnpike in Natick. The store receives a $10,000 bonus for its sale of the ticket.

The jackpot follows reports of others last week in Nantucket and Woburn.

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