Those who play the Massachusetts State Lottery games (being over the age of eighteen, of course) would be sure to check what mass lottery winning numbers were drawn for the day. The legislation creating the Massachusetts State Lottery was enacted in September 1971 as a response to the need for a revenue source that would benefit the commonwealth. The lottery itself started on March 22, 1972, by selling tickets at fifty cents each, and on April 6, 1972, its first draw was held.
The Massachusetts State Lottery Games include Megabucks Doubler, the Numbers Game, Cash WinFall, and Mass Cash plus the multistate games Mega Millions (with Megaplier) and Powerball. Mega Millions was called the Big Game until May 2002, when it was renamed. This game was introduced in August 1996, with a minimum jackpot of five million dollars, by a consortium that consisted of Massachusetts, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, and Virginia.
A man who hit the Megabucks Doubler jackpot in 2011 reportedly had played his exact Mass Lottery winning numbers for twenty-eight years before his determination actually paid off. This game was launched on November 16, 1982, with four hundred thousand dollars as its minimum jackpot. Its first jackpot that exceeded a million dollars was claimed in December of that year.
Mass Cash was created to offer a chance at a one-time payout of a hundred thousand dollars by picking five Mass Lottery winning numbers out of 35. In its first draw, there were ten winners and over thirty winners within a month after the game was introduced.
The longest running game that the Massachusetts Lottery continues to offer is the Numbers Game. Originally, it was designed to vie with the illegal numbers game. It lets players choose their numbers, length of time, type of bet, and amount that they want to play.
The official Web site masslottery.com has main pages for the games, and these pages feature their respective Mass Lottery winning numbers in the eight most recent draws. Search results for the winning numbers in other games, i.e., the Daily Race Game and keno, are limited to about one day’s results, while all other games can have a maximum of forty results. In case you cannot find the Mass Lottery winning numbers that you are looking for, you can try calling the lottery’s telephone number or visiting the nearest lottery agent or lottery office to find out the official winning numbers in person.
A related members-only Web site for the Massachusetts Lottery Red Carpet VIP Club exists separately from the lottery’s primary site. The VIP membership is free. Members get to participate in online second-chance draws for Massachusetts State Lottery instant games, and they learn more about how to play all the games the lottery offers.
