A Worcester woman thought she had scratched a $10,000 winning lottery ticket, but it turns out that she won a whole lot more.

A Massachusetts lottery player won $1 million a year for life prize on a $50 scratch ticket that was bought in Springfield.

Paul Corcoran won two separate $1 million Powerball jackpots in under a week, the Massachusetts Lottery announced.

Paul Corcoran, a Fitchburg resident, bought two separate Powerball tickets with the same numbers for the July 9 drawing that each won $1 million before taxes. The first was bought at a Fitchburg Market Basket, and the second came from Country Farms on North Main Street in Leominster.

Two winning $1 million Powerball tickets were sold in Massachusetts for Wednesday‘s drawing for a $217 million jackpot. The winning numbers for the drawing were 5, 9, 25, 28, 69 and Powerball: 5. One of the winning tickets, which matched the first five numbers, was sold at a Market Basket grocery store located at 130 Water St. in Fitchburg.

A Massachusetts man accidentally bought two identical tickets for the same Powerball drawing and ended up with a pair of prizes, each worth $1 million.

A pair of winning Powerball tickets worth $1 million each were sold in Massachusetts for Wednesday night's drawing.

To celebrate National Lottery Week, lotteries across the U.S. are highlighting collective contributions to the communities they serve.

Paul Corcoran of Fitchburg wins two $1M Powerball prizes in the same drawing after purchasing tickets at two Massachusetts stores. Both retailers earn $10K bonuses.