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
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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. Advertisement
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.
