Daughter Will Benefit From Southcoast Lottery Winner

After deciding to take the one time cash payment option, the Fall River man may not have quite one-million dollars, but $650,000 is still a lot of money and will certainly benefit his daughter's future. Claudio Costa played the new Mass Lottery game called "$2,000,000 50X Cashword" game and one a One-million dollar cash prize.

According to the Massachusetts Lottery WEBSITE, Costa plans to use the cash to pay off his daughter's college tuition. He'll also set some of the money aside for his retirement.

The lottery says that Costa in the 22nd Million dollar winner in the "cashword" contest. The $10 winning ticket was purchased at Jay's Wine & Spirit in Fall River. The store will receive a $10,000 bonus.