Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe MALDEN, Mass., Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Massachusetts lottery officials said a couple who thought they won $50,000 from a scratch ticket were shocked to learn they had won $50,000 per year for life. Massachusetts State Lottery spokeswoman Beth Bresnahan said Jeremy and Rabina Lockett of Malden came to the Massachusetts State Lottery Headquarters to claim their prize from a $20 "Lifetime Spectacular" ticket they purchased from Stop N Gas Inc. in Dorchester, the Boston Globe reported Thursday. Advertisement Bresnahan said the couple were expecting a $50,000 prize, but they were shocked to find out the prize was actually $50,000 per year for life, with a guaranteed minimum 20-year payout amounting to $650,000 after taxes. "They went nuts," Bresnahan said of the couple, who she said started dancing around the lobby. Read More 2nd Mega Millions winner comes forward Landscaper wins from lottery ticket he found in wet leaves post-Sandy Police hand out lotto tickets alongside speeding tickets Georgia woman claims half of Mega Millions jackpot Canadian lotto winner plans to donate all $37 million to charity
