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$1M Lottery Win: Western Mass Woman Used Race Cars, Convenience Store To Pick Numbers

Three people from Massachusetts won $1 million each in the $1 billion Powerball drawing on Friday, July 21. Two of those winners said they had help picking their numbers. 

Rae Ann Wentworth-Cadieux, of Hadley, (top) and Jan Busby, of Norfolk, won $1 million in the Powerball lottery on Friday, July 21. A third Massachusetts $1 million winner has not come forward.

Rae Ann Wentworth-Cadieux, of Hadley, (top) and Jan Busby, of Norfolk, won $1 million in the Powerball lottery on Friday, July 21. A third Massachusetts $1 million winner has not come forward.

Photo Credit: Massachusetts State Lottery

Rae Ann Wentworth-Cadieux, of Hadley, chose her numbers based on a convenience store chain 7-11 and race cars, the Massachusetts State Lottery said. 

The winning numbers were 7, 10, 11, 13, 24, with the Powerball number 24. 

Wentworth-Cadieux got all the numbers but missed the Powerball. She said she plans to buy a summer home with her winnings. She purchased her ticket at Pride Station & Store, 445 Russell St. in Hadley.

Jan Busby, of Norfolk, also had a system. She used her family members' birthdays to choose her numbers, the lottery said. 

Busby rarely plays the lottery but said she bought a ticket because the prize purse was so high. 

She purchased her ticket at Shaw’s Supermarket, 255 East Central St. in Franklin. 

The third $1 million prize winner in Massachusetts had not come forward, but the ticket was sold at Global Montello/Gulf, 821 Main St. in Waltham.

The stores that sold the winning tickets will receive a $10,000 bonus. 

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