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Vatchel Younger, of Roxbury, won the first grand prize in the "$2,000,000 Diamond Cashword," a $10 scratch-off ticket. The game went on sale on Jan. 7.
Younger chose to take the lump sum payment of $1.3 million rather than the annuity, which would have paid out the entire jackpot over 20 years.
He said he plans to use the cash to buy a new car.
Younger bought the winning ticket at Shaw’s,125 Pearl St. in Braintree. The store will get a $20,000 bonus for the sale.
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