Vanesa Menijvar Acosta, of Norcross, Georgia, is the first $2 million winner in the Massachusetts State Lottery’s “$25,000,000 Mega Money” scratch-off ticket. The $50 game went on sale earlier this month.
Acosta chose to take the lump sum payment of $1.3 million (before taxes) rather than the annuity, which would have paid the full amount over 20 years.
She said she plans to use the money to pay for college…