Berkshire County has another big lottery winner to be proud of. Timothy Potash of Lanesborough, MA scratched for a million dollars back on Oct. 19, according to masslottery.com.

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The winning ticket was purchased at the Gulf Food Mart on South Main St. in Lanesborough. The store will get $10,000 as a bonus for selling the winning ticket.

Potash, who won a million on the "10,000,000 Mega Money" twenty dollar ticket, opted for the $650,000 one time payment.

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