Six Winners from Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island to Share $6,000,000 in Lottery Prizes

NEW YORK, NY (05/15/2012)(readMedia)-- The New York Lottery's Yolanda Vega will award over-sized prize checks worth at least $6,000,000 to a mix of recent Lottery millionaires from both scratch-off games and draw games. Jackpot winners include:

• A finance professional from Bayside and a restaurant owner from Whitestone who each won a $1,000,000 Powerball second prize from separate drawings;

• A retired NYC firefighter from Flushing and a teacher from Jackson Heights who each won a $1,000,000 Sweet Million jackpot from separate drawings;

• A former security company employee from Bushwick who won at least $1,000,000 on the Win $1,000 A Week For Life scratch-off game; and

• An aircraft supply store employee from Lynbrook who won $1,000,000 on the Wheel of Fortune scratch-off game.

WHO:

New York Lottery’s Yolanda Vega to present $6,000,000 in ceremonial prize checks to six recent jackpot winners from Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island.
WHAT:

New York Lottery millionaire check presentations.
WHEN: Wednesday May 16, 2012 at 11:00AM Eastern Time (US & Canada)
WHERE: New York Lottery Customer Service Center
15 Beaver Street
New York, New York 10004
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