Bellingham Man Buys $1 Million Dollar Scratch Ticket at Hilltop Farms in Massachusetts

The Hilltop Farms store on Pulaski Blvd in Bellingham, Massachusetts, recently had a one million dollar winner on the $20.00 Mass lottery scratch ticket "Billion Dollar Bonanza". Ryan Kudirka of Bellingham presented the

Bellingham, MA (prHWY.com) December 25, 2011 - The Hilltop Farms store on Pulaski Blvd in Bellingham, Massachusetts, recently had a one million dollar winner on the $20.00 Mass lottery scratch ticket "Billion Dollar Bonanza". Ryan Kudirka of Bellingham presented the ticket to lottery headquarters in Braintree on December 13th and collected his first of 20 annual payments of $50,000.00.

Steve Gurwitz, the third generation owner of the Hilltop Farms Convenience Store was quoted as saying, "I am so happy for Ryan. I immediately recognized him as one of our regular customers. What a Merry Christmas he and his family will surely have!"

Ryan Kudirka is thrilled about winning the money and said he plans on buying a new car with his windfall. While he can certainly live off the winnings for the rest of his life, lottery officials didn't announce that he'd be quitting his job any time soon. Ryan is not the first person to win big in a state lottery.

According to the TLC television show, "The Lottery Changed My Life," more than 1600 new lottery millionaires are created each year. That doesn't include people that have won jackpots of, say, $100,000 because there are a lot more of those winners. Still, 1600 is quite a high number.

If 1600 people win at least a million dollars in the lotto every year, it means that there are more than 130 lotto winners each month which is more than 30 each week, and more than 4 a day. That's a lot of winners but don't get too excited yet.

The odds of winning a million dollar jackpot are bad. Sixteen-hundred yearly jackpot winners isn't that big of a number when you consider how many people actually play. Hundreds of millions of people buy billions of lottery tickets each year and only a small fraction of those people actually win a big jackpot. So for people who want to increase their chances of winning they have to buy more tickets in order to increase their chances of winning.

About

Hilltop Farms is one of the largest full service convenience stores in the south Mass. north Rhode Island area. Family owned and operated since 1955, they sell Mass State lottery tickets, Keno, beer & wine, coffee, cold drinks, sandwiches and snacks. Hilltop Farms also has a handy Redemption Center which is open 7 days a week from 7AM - 9PM. They also have an ATM machine, and offer Moneygram money orders as well offering a wide variety of prepaid phones.

Contact

Steven Gurwtiz
Hilltop Farms
201 Pulaski Blvd
Bellingham, MA 02019-2400
Phone: (508)883-8844
Website: http://hilltopfarmsstore.com

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