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Massachusetts Parents Have Perfectly Cape Cod Birth
Summer Mahota made an exciting but altogether local entrance when she was born in Cape Cod traffic, then delivered to EMTs in a Dunkin’ parking lot. Danya Mahota was at the wheel of their car, battling Cape Cod traffic on their way to a hospital for a more conventional birth earlier this month when his wife, Rebecca, told him, “I’m going to need you to pull over.” He stopped on the shoulder of a busy highway, went around to open the passenger door, and heard, “Sweetheart, put your feet on my shoulders,” the Washington Post reports. She pushed as her husband followed her instructions, gradually pulling out their second daughter.
“I delivered that baby with straight adrenaline,” Rebecca Mahota said. They finally had a moment, so her husband called for help, arranging to meet EMTs at a Dunkin’ nearby. He ran inside and borrowed an X-Acto knife. “I cut my daughter’s umbilical cord in a Dunkin’ Donuts parking lot, like every Massachusetts father should,” he said. The chain was founded in Massachusetts and is a revered institution there, per the Post. “You can’t get more Cape Cod than this baby,” Rebecca Mahota said. “It’s just really fun.” Summer’s parents are having her birth certificate amended to show the GPS coordinates of the spot on the highway as her place of birth. (More childbirth stories.)
A lucky Massachusetts State Lottery player bought a winning Powerball ticket worth $50,000 at a Westfield variety store on Saturday.
The ticket was sold at New Corner Variety Store on Crown Street.
Saturday night’s winning numbers were 7, 34, 40, 42 and 52, and the Powerball number was 15.
In Powerball, players select five numbers between 1 and 69 and one Powerball number between 1 and 26. They then choose how many drawings they want to use those numbers for.
Players that match all five numbers and the Powerball number win the jackpot. They have 1 in 292,201,338 chances of winning this way.
Players that match four numbers and the Powerball number win $50,000. They have 1 in 913,129.18 chances of winning this way.
- Read more: Two winning $100,000 Mass Cash tickets sold at convenience stores
Powerball drawings take place every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. The jackpot stands at $134 million as of Sunday.
Overall, at least 249 prizes worth $600 or more were won or claimed in Massachusetts on Saturday, including four in Springfield, four in Worcester and 21 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.
The two largest lottery prizes won so far in 2025 were each worth $15 million. One of the prizes was from a winning “Diamond Deluxe” scratch ticket sold in Holyoke, and the other was from a “300X” scratch ticket sold on Cape Cod.
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