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Aug. 13, 2024 / 4:10 PM

Man wins $4 million lottery prize while buying friend's birthday gift

Robert J. Ostrye Jr. bought a scratch-off lottery ticket while shopping for a friend's birthday gift and won a $4 million prize. Photo courtesy of the Massachusetts State Lottery

Robert J. Ostrye Jr. bought a scratch-off lottery ticket while shopping for a friend's birthday gift and won a $4 million prize. Photo courtesy of the Massachusetts State Lottery

Aug. 13 (UPI) -- A Massachusetts man went out to buy a birthday gift for a friend and along the way bought a lottery ticket that earned him a $4 million prize.

New Bedford resident Robert J. Ostrye Jr. told Massachusetts State Lottery officials he went out to buy a birthday gift for a friend and made a stop at Jay's Wine & Spirits on Dartmouth Street in New Bedford.

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Ostrye bought himself a $10 $4,000,000 Monopoly Doubler scratch-off ticket and revealed a $4 million top prize.

The winner said his prize money will go toward home renovations and helping others.

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