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News From New York Lottery
MEDIA ADVISORY
News from New York Lottery
For more information contact: Communications, 518-388-3415; email: questions@Lottery.state.ny.us
Media Advisory for April 15, 2008
SCHENECTADY, NY (04/14/2008; 1000)(readMedia)-- The New York Lottery celebrates the arrival of Spring with $17,000,000 in prize checks for three new Lottery Millionaires - two from Queens County and a third from the Bronx. The Lottery will present the winners with their checks among the cherry blossoms and other spring blooms at the Queens Botanical Garden in Flushing.
Winners to receive checks include:
- A laid-off warehouse supervisor from St. Albans, Queens who won a $14,000,000 Lotto jackpot from the drawing held on April 2, 2008;
- A co-owner of a Korean restaurant from Elmhurst, Queens who won $1,000,000 on the $500,000,000 Extravaganza instant game; and
- A tow truck operator from Pelham Bay, Bronx who won a guaranteed minimum prize payout of $2,000,000 on the Win $2,000 a Week For Life instant game.
| WHO: | New York Lottery |
| WHAT: | Lottery Celebrates Spring at Queens Botanical Garden; Awards $17,000,000 in Prizes to Three NYC Winners |
| WHEN: | Tuesday April 15, 2008 at 10:30AM Eastern Time (US & Canada) |
| WHERE: | Queens Botanical Garden Visitor and Administration Center 43-50 Main Street Flushing , New York 11355 |
| NOTES: | Queens Botanical Garden's Main Gate is on Main Street in Flushing, approximately 100 ft. south of the corner of Main Street and Dahlia Ave. The Main Gate is easily recognizable by its 25-ft. corten steel sculpture of a tree. Parking is available in QBG's Crommelin Street parking lot, accessible by turning onto Dahlia Ave. from Main Street or Blossom Ave. from College Point Blvd. Media arriving by subway (#7 train) or LIRR (Port Washington line -- Flushing Main St. stop) can reach QBG by walking south on Main Street for approximately 10 blocks and entering via the Main Gate. For more information call (718) 886-3800 ext, 200. |
