{"id":43293,"date":"2026-08-13T15:04:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T10:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=43293"},"modified":"2026-08-13T15:04:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T10:04:23","slug":"worcester-woman-wins-1-million-plans-to-earn-masters-degree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=43293","title":{"rendered":"Worcester woman wins $1 million, plans to earn master&#8217;s degree"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>Updated Aug. 12, 2026, 3:23 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_img\"><img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:440px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.telegram.com\/gcdn\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/08\/12\/NTEG\/91274995007-081026-loteria-1-m-ashley-hurley.png?width=660&amp;height=440&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" elementtiming=\"ar-lead-image\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ashley Hurley of Worcester is the winner of a $1 million prize in the Massachusetts State Lottery\u2019s \u201cLOTERIA\u2122\u201d scratch ticket game.\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">WORCESTER \u2013 Ashley Hurley has plans to return to school to earn a master&#8217;s degree in social work after winning a $1 million prize on a scratch ticket.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">She chose the cash option after winning the prize in the Massachusetts State Lottery\u2019s \u201cLoteria\u201d game and received a onetime payment of $650,000, before taxes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">She bought the winning ticket at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exxonmobilfuels.com\/en\/find-gas-station\/200304569\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Mobil gas station<\/a>, also known as the Corner Store, at 635 Chandler St. The store will receive a $10,000 bonus for the sale.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Earlier this summer, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegram.com\/story\/news\/local\/worcester\/2026\/06\/24\/worcester-gas-station-sells-1-million-winning-lottery-ticket\/90677728007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">another gas station in Worcester sold a winning $1 million ticket<\/a>. The winning ticket was sold by Bee Zee, located at 177 Southwest Cutoff, and was claimed by representatives of the Flying Spirit Trust II of Newton.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updated Aug. 12, 2026, 3:23 p.m. ET WORCESTER \u2013 Ashley Hurley has plans to return to school to earn a master&#8217;s degree in social work after winning a $1 million prize on a scratch ticket. She chose the cash option after winning the prize in the Massachusetts State Lottery\u2019s \u201cLoteria\u201d game and received a onetime&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43294,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.telegram.com\/gcdn\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/08\/12\/NTEG\/91274995007-081026-loteria-1-m-ashley-hurley.png?crop=663,373,x0,y34&width=663&height=373&format=pjpg&auto=webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-real-trending-viral-news"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43293\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/43294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}