A West Yarmouth woman became the first winner of a $4 million prize in the lottery's new $4,000,000 Bonus Cash game, the Massachusetts Lottery announced Thursday.

Laura Mendosa claimed her prize at lottery headquarters. As with many previous winners in different lotteries, she opted for a one-time lump sum payment rather than payments every year for 20 years.

This comes out to $2.6 million before taxes. Minus state and federal taxes, she was handed a check for $1.82 million.

Mendosa told lottery officials that she plans to use some of her winnings to travel.

She purchased her scratch ticket at Lyndon's Convenience Story in New Bedford. The store will receive a $40,000 bonus from the lottery for the sale.

The $4,000,000 Bonus Cash game was launched Feb. 28 There are four remaining grand prize tickets and 15 prizes of $1 million, according to the lottery.

According to the Massachusetts State Lottery, the odds of hitting one of the grand prize tickets are about 1 in 5.04 million.

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