{"id":603882,"date":"2026-04-14T17:47:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T17:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/603882\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T17:47:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T17:47:12","slug":"mass-soccer-coach-plans-to-give-back-after-1m-lottery-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/603882\/","title":{"rendered":"Mass. soccer coach plans to give back after $1M lottery win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"a-term a-term--primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boston.com\/tag\/local-news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLocal News\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tThe Ludlow coach says he will donate a portion of his winnings to support local youth sports programs.<\/p>\n<p><img width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Untitled-design-4-69de4fed70067-768x432.png\" class=\"attachment-16:9 size-16:9 wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><br \/>\n\tGregory Kolodziey. Courtesy of Massachusetts State Lottery\t<\/p>\n<p>Call it the ultimate off-field victory: A Ludlow soccer coach hit a $1 million lottery prize and already knows how he wants to give back.<\/p>\n<p>Gregory Kolodziey claimed the fifth and final $1 million grand prize in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boston.com\/tag\/massachusetts-lottery\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Massachusetts State Lottery\u2019s<\/a> \u201c$1,000,000 Ultimate 7\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.masslottery.com\/games\/draw-and-instants\/1m-ultimate-7\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">instant ticket game<\/a> Friday, according to a statement released Monday afternoon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kolodziey told lottery officials that he intends to use a portion of the winnings to help youth sports programs in his hometown of Ludlow.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He opted for the cash payout, receiving a one-time payment of $650,000 before taxes, according to lottery officials.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kolodziey purchased the winning ticket at Liquor Mart on Burnett Road in Chicopee. The store will receive a $10,000 bonus for selling the ticket, lottery officials said.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for the Today newsletter<\/p>\n<p class=\"m-generic-cta__subtitle\">Get everything you need to know to start your day, delivered right to your inbox every morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Local News The Ludlow coach says he will donate a portion of his winnings to support local youth&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":603883,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-603882","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-soccer","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=603882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603882\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/603883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=603882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=603882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=603882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}