Five from Queens, Long Island to Receive $6,000,000 in Lottery Prizes

Players from Flushing and Middle Island reap benefit of Powerball's new $1,000,000 second prize

BAYPORT, NY (02/23/2012)(readMedia)-- The Lottery's Yolanda Vega will introduce five new Lottery millionaires from Queens and Long Island. The latest lucky players to receive prize checks worth a collective $6,000,000 include:

• A self-employed surveyor and his hospital employee wife from Bayport who won $3,000,000 on the $3,000,000 Bonanza scratch-off game;

• An attorney from Flushing who matched the first five numbers drawn in the February 11 Powerball drawing earning him a $1,000,000 second prize;

• A golf course turf salesman from Middle Island who matched the first five numbers drawn in the January 28 Powerball drawing worth $1,000,000; and

• A retired home aide from Sunnyside who won $1,000,000 on the 20X The Money scratch-off game.

The event will be held at the 7-Eleven in Bayport that sold the jackpot-winning $3,000,000 Bonanza scratch-off ticket.

WHO:

New York Lottery's Yolanda Vega introduces five new Lottery millionaires from Bayport, Flushing, Middle Island and Sunnyside.
WHAT:

New York Lottery millionaire check presentations.
WHEN: Friday February 24, 2012 at 11:00AM Eastern Time (US & Canada)
WHERE: 7-Eleven
863-865 Montauk Highway
Bayport, New York NY 11705
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