Con-Ed supervisor claims his $250,000 Mega Millions prize

Cortlandt Manor man is second of nine New Yorkers to claim Mega Millions second prize from March 22nd drawing

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Lottery winner Scott McGee

SCHENECTADY, NY (03/24/2011)(readMedia)-- A routine stop for a haircut ended with a $250,000 second place Mega Millions prize for Scott McGee of Cortlandt Manor, Westchester County. The longtime Con Edison supervisor claimed his prize at the Lottery's Fishkill Customer Service Center this morning. McGee's is the second of nine $250,000 prizes sold in New York to be claimed following the March 22nd Mega Millions drawing.

"I stopped for a haircut but the barber was too busy so I ran over to Beach Wines & Liquors [on E Main St in Peekskill] for a Lottery ticket," he explained. "I had to wait until yesterday to get a cut and check my ticket. I scanned the ticket and could not believe it."

McGee doesn't think his luck has run out either. "I'm definitely going to keep trying for the jackpot," he said. "Hey, you never know!"

The other second-place winning tickets for the March 22nd Mega Millions drawing were purchased at:

  • Lakeville Stationary, 2036 Lakeville Road, New Hyde Park, Nassau County
  • Jericho Wines & Liquors, 503 N Broadway, Jericho, Nassau County
  • Omni Fuel/Mobil, 101 Hempstead Tpke, Elmont, Nassau County
  • Mousa Mart, 2436 Route 53, Hopewell Junction, Dutchess County
  • Wegmans, 3195 Monroe Ave, Rochester, Monroe County
  • Inserra Shop Rite, 243 Route 59, West Nyack, Rockland County
  • Palace Enterprises, 1269 Castle Hill Ave, Bronx
  • B&B News, 700 3rd Ave @ 43rd St, Manhattan

The New York Lottery continues to be North America's largest and most profitable Lottery, earning more than $39.3 billion in education support statewide since its founding over 40 years ago. The Lottery contributed nearly $2.67 billion in fiscal year 2009-2010 to help support education in New York State, which was over 12 percent of total state education funding to local school districts.

Lottery revenue is distributed to local school districts by the same statutory formula used to distribute other state aid to education. It takes into account both a school district's size and its income level; larger, lower-income school districts receive proportionately larger shares of Lottery school funding.

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