December 4th 2023.
Desiree Fortini-Craft of Massachusetts is looking forward to a "really good Christmas" after winning the third grand prize from a scratch-off lottery ticket worth $25 million. According to CBS News, Fortini-Craft kept the winning ticket a secret and treated herself to a vacation in Aruba before finally claiming the huge fortune.
Fortini-Craft seems to have a knack for winning the lottery. Previously, in 2006, she had won a prize of $1 million. This time, she accepted a one-time payment of over $16 million before taxes, which she collected at the Massachusetts Lottery headquarters.
The director of the Lottery said that Fortini-Craft plans to use a portion of her winnings to pay off student loans for her three daughters, make some big family purchases, and buy a new car. She also revealed that Fortini-Craft is looking forward to enjoying her life and having a really good Christmas in Aruba.
The Massachusetts Lottery is still giving away massive prizes as part of its The Billion Dollar Extravaganza, with seven $1 million prizes and four $2 million purses still up for grabs. Two other people won the same $25 million prize as Fortini-Craft, and CBS reports that 17 million tickets have been bought so far, bringing in a total of $850 million.
In November, a 62-year-old man from Michigan became a millionaire overnight after buying a $1 lottery ticket that won him $3.4 million. The man told The Miami Herald that he was so excited when he saw the prize amount pending in his lottery account that he immediately woke his wife up to share the news. He said it was such a surreal feeling and they were both in shock.
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