Nantucket Man Wins 500000 Dollars on Scratch Ticket

A Nantucket resident has won a $500,000 Massachusetts State Lottery prize after purchasing a scratch ticket at Old South Diner, a restaurant associated with several other major lottery wins in recent years. Lottery officials identified the winner as Dipak Thapa, who claimed the top prize in the $500,000 Frenzy game. Thapa selected the cash option, entitling him to a one-time payment of $355,000 before taxes, according to the Massachusetts State Lottery.

He plans to save and invest the winnings, officials said. The latest win adds to a series of substantial prizes sold at Old South Diner. In March 2026, the establishment sold two tickets worth $2 million each, including a Powerball ticket and a winning scratch ticket from the $2,000,000 Stacked game, according to the source report.

The diner has also been the point of sale for several million-dollar prizes in previous years. In March 2024, a ticket from the $4,000,000 Bonus Bucks game purchased there won $1 million.

Another major prize followed in June 2024, when a ticket from the Lifetime Millions game sold at the restaurant secured a $2 million win. In August of the same year, the establishment sold a ticket from the $10,000,000 Bonanza game that was worth $1 million. The Massachusetts State Lottery will award Old South Diner a $5,000 bonus for selling Thapa's winning ticket, according to lottery officials.