Peabody Man Cashes In On $1.56 Million Danvers Lottery Ticket

PEABODY, MA — A Peabody man who picked up an instant scratch ticket at 5:30 in the morning while getting gas and coffee wound up making it a $1.56 million stop in Danvers as a winner in the Massachusetts State Lottery's "Decade of Dollars" $10 instant ticket game.

Ronald Kocur won $20,000 a month for 10 years on the ticket and opted to take his winnings in a one-time payment.

He told the Mass Lottery that he intends to buy a car and pay for his child's college tuition with his winnings.

Kocur bought the ticket at the Gulf Express at 160 Andover Street in Danvers.

That store receives $24,000 in a bonus for its sale of the winning ticket.

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. X/Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)