A Massachusetts woman is cementing the adage it is better to give than to receive.
According to the Massachusetts State Lottery, Ida Reis of Fall River is the winner of a $1 million prize on a Powerball ticket purchased in Massachusetts for the multi-state game’s Wednesday, July 10 drawing that featured a $39.9 million jackpot.
Reis won the prize after the first five numbers on her Quic Pic ticket matched those selected in the drawing. She claimed her $1 million prize (before taxes) Friday, July 12 at the Massachusetts State Lottery’s Dorchester headquarters. She said she plans to help her family with some of the winnings.
Reis had no idea her Powerball ticket was a $1 million winner until she scanned it at the store. She laughed out loud once realizing what she had won.
Her winning ticket was purchased at Amaral’s Central Market, 872 Globe St. in Fall River. The store receives a $10,000 bonus for its sale of this ticket.
Hopefully she’ll be true to her word and use the money to help her family. Congratulations and may God Bless you.
She will! She is such a good person inside and out, those who know her are so happy for her!
I worked with her and she is a wonderful person
I am so happy for Ida. If she says that she is going to help her family she will. She is a kind and giving woman. Congratulations.
I would do the same thing. Give to animal shelters and needy people.
Congratulations!!!
I congratulate you on your winning. Good luck on everything. I’m certain your family will be so happy. God bless you , of I could win something I would get myself somewhere to live as well
That’s awesome! Family is so important and I hope she enjoys it to the fullest for herself also! Sounds like she’s Portuguese, like myself, she seems generous! Boa sorte! E Deus a bencoai!
Congratulations and God Bless. So happy for you and your family.
Congratulations Ida. Could not have happened to a better person. God bless you and your family.