Mass. lottery player wins $6.13M jackpot prize in Megabucks drawing

A lottery player in Massachusetts won the $6.13 million jackpot prize during the Megabucks drawing on Monday night — the largest lottery prize won so far this year.

The winning numbers for the Megabucks drawing held on Jan. 27 were 17, 22, 23, 36, 37 and 44.

Someone won the $6.13 million jackpot after their ticket matched all five numbers drawn. They bought their winning ticket at a package store called Rockland Liquors in Rockland.

Megabucks drawings are held every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 9 p.m. Players must select five numbers between 1-44 for their ticket, and each ticket costs $2.

Additionally, there was one $200,000 prize and two $100,000 lottery prizes claimed on Monday.

The $200,000 prize was from the “Lucky 13″ scratch ticket game, and the winning ticket was sold at Wilbur Liquors in Somerset.

Both of the $100,000 prizes were from the scratch ticket game “Diamond Deluxe.” One of the winning ticket was sold at Sunny’s Convenience in Taunton, while the other was sold at Rock and Smoke Shop in Worcester.

Overall, at least 777 prizes worth $600 or more were won or claimed in Massachusetts on Monday, including 19 in Springfield, 24 in Worcester and 68 in Boston.

The Massachusetts State Lottery releases a full list of winning tickets every day. The list only includes winning tickets worth more than $600.