Mass. State Lottery winner: 26 ‘Mass Cash’ tickets match all 5 numbers Friday

Over two dozen “Mass Cash” tickets that were sold in Massachusetts on Friday matched all five numbers to win the grand prize in the daily drawing.

This is the third-highest amount of winning grand prize tickets ever sold in a single drawing for the game, according to the Massachusetts State Lottery.

There were a total of 26 tickets, or plays, that matched all five numbers. The winning numbers for the Sept. 27 drawing were 4, 7, 9, 24, 36 and Lucky Ball: 1.

The majority of the winning “Mass Cash” tickets were sold in Dorchester from Harborpoint Liquors, while the rest were sold in Allston from a Nouria Energy shop.

The highest amount of “Mass Cash” tickets to match all five numbers ever sold in a single drawing was 50 tickets on Dec. 6, 2020. The second-highest amount was 34 winning tickets, on Oct. 18, 1993.

But while players who match all five numbers in the game usually win $100,000 prizes, the 26 hits on Friday were worth $88,856 each.

This is because the total amount of prizes won in the drawing was higher than 1,000% of the drawing’s net sales, the Massachusetts State Lottery said. Therefore, the “prize amounts are determined by a formula,” the Lottery’s statement said.

There were also 63 tickets sold that matched four numbers to win $222, instead of the usual $250, and there were 2,944 winning $8 tickets instead of $10.

“Mass Cash” drawings are held every night at 9 p.m. and tickets, or plays for each drawing, cost $1 each. Players must choose five numbers between 1-35.