Peabody Man Wins $5 Million On Instant Lottery Ticket

PEABODY, MA — A Peabody man is looking to invest a $5 million instant lottery prize into a business or property after cashing in the winning ticket bought at a Walnut Street restaurant.

Cesko Gjinai won the grand prize in the Massachusetts State Lottery $5,000,000 100X Cashword instant ticket game.

He chose the cash option and received the one-time payment of $3,250,000 before taxes.

He purchased his winning ticket at From Brazil Restaurant at 72 Walnut St. in Peabody.

The restaurant will receive a $50,000 bonus for selling this ticket.

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. X/Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)