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Schenectady, NY Dr. Zuhair Nwaiser of Great River, Suffolk County knows what to do when one of his dental patients goes into shock. But, it was the dentist himself who needed help when he finished scratching his Ba Da Bling instant ticket and realized he had a $3,000,000 New York Lotto winner.
I just stood there staring at the ticket, questioning what I saw because I didn’t have my glasses on, said Dr. Z, a dentist at the Total Dental Care affiliate in Farmingville. Hw said to call the NY Lottery in the morning to claim my prize. Nwaiser purchased his $3 million winner on March 18, 2008 at the BP station on Sunrise Highway in East Islip. He said he went there to buy a Mega Millions ticket and left with something extra. I don’t usually buy the instant tickets, just New York Mega Millions and only when the jackpot gets high. But, I noticed this was the sixth ticket on the roll and six has always been a lucky number for me so I bought it just because. The father of three said he waited until April 1, 2008 to claim his prize because he wanted to get his finances in order before going public. Nwaiser said he loves his job and plans to continue creating smiles for other people. Nwaiser will receive 20 annual payments of $150,000 each from the New York Lottery, less taxes
The retired GE Engineer puts Pacemaker To The Test, Collects Record $10,000,000 Lottery Scratch Off Prize Schenectady, NY Fifty-eight-year-old Gary Owens of Ravena is rich, spectacularly rich after winning the $10,000,000 top prize on the Lottery’s Win for Life Spectacular scratch-off game, which guarantees a minimum prize payout of $10,000,000.
The GE retiree collected his record prize this morning from Lottery Icon Yolanda Vega at the J / B Deli and Pizza on Route 9W in Ravena where he bought his lucky ticket earlier this month by accident. I went in to buy my usual ticket the $500,000,000 Extravaganza but they didn’t have any so I settled on the Spectacular ticket instead, said Owens. I guess it worked out in the end.
Westhampton Beach Grandmother Wins $3,000,000 Royal Riches Top Prize Schenectady, NY Elise Mitchell of Westhampton Beach, Suffolk County, recently received the first payment of the $3,000,000 top prize she won playing the Lottery’s Royal Riches instant game.
The self-described home body purchased her winning ticket on March 12, 2008 at the 7-Eleven on Sunset Ave. in Westhampton Beach. She claimed it the following day at the Lottery’s Long Island Customer Service Center. The $3,000,000 top prize on the Royal Riches instant game pays out as $150,000 a year for 20 years, less required tax withholdings. After taxes, Mitchell will receive $102,225 per year. Mitchell said she planned to use her new-found wealth to buy a house and take care of family.
At 2008 New York International Automobile Show (Dodge, Cadillac, Honda, Mercedes Top Wish Lists for Brooklyn, Hudson Valley New York Lotto Winners) Schenectady, NY What kind of car would a new New York Lotto Lottery millionaire drive? A Dodge Challenger for me and a Cadillac Escalade for my wife, gushed 31-year-old John Luca of Greenwood Lake, Orange County, who won $5,000,000 on the Lottery’s $500,000,000 Extravaganza instant game.
I’ll take a Honda to add to my collection, said 58-year-old former Russian Hockey forward Valeriy Shuyeninov of Midwood, Brooklyn who also won his $1,000,000 prize on the $500,000,000 Extravaganza game. Anything with room for the triplets, offered 49-year-old Nang Zan Tip, a Burmese-born stay-at-home mom now living in Brooklyn’s Bay Ridge neighborhood. Tip won the $1,000,000 top prize on the Lottery’s Cashtastic instant game. If I had to pick one, it would be a Mercedes, mused 46-year-old Dino Jafferakos, a brick layer, also from Bay Ridge, who won an $8,000,000 Lotto jackpot from the drawing held on February 20, 2008.
All four new Lottery Millionaires had their chance to view their dream cars today after receiving their respective prize checks from New York Lottery icon Yolanda Vega at the 2008 New York International Automobile Show held at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York. A Challenger for Him and an Escalade for Her The day’s first winner, John Luca, Jr. of Orange County, described himself as a full-time Mets fan with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. The Nyack Hospital employee said he plans to continue working…and playing Lotto. We’ll just breathe a little easier without all the worry about paychecks and paying bills, he said, adding, And, we’ll drive nicer cars. Luca purchased his $5,000,000 winner on March 9, 2008 at the Kwik Mart on Windemere Ave. in Greenwood Lake, Orange County. He claimed it the same day at the Lottery’s Customer Service Center in Fishkill. Luca will receive his prize in 20 annual payments of $250,000, less required tax withholdings.
Driving Instructor Wants a New Honda for His New Driveway Retired Russian hockey star turned New York Lottery millionaire Valeriy Shuyeninov said he is already flush with cars, but would consider adding a new Honda to his collection. My first priorities are investing in my (driver’s education) business, and finding a new home, said Shuyeninov. Then I can think about adding another car to the driveway. Shuyeninov and his wife, Yelena, 49, are the co-owners of the Left Turn Driving School based in Midwood. Prior to starting his own business, the father of one was employed as a driving instructor at another Brooklyn-based driving school. Shuyeninov purchased his winning $500,000,000 Extravaganza ticket on February 11, 2008 at the Yireh Deli Grocery on Brighton Beach Ave. in Brooklyn. He claimed it on February 13, 2008 at the Lottery’s Customer Service Center in Manhattan. He will receive his New York Lotto prize in 20 annual payments of $50,000, less required tax withholdings.
Triplets Make Tip’s Pick Tricky Elbow room is a high priority for Brooklyn’s $1,000,000 Cashtastic instant game winner, Nang Zan Tip. The 49-year-old mother of three-year-old triplets claimed she had no preference for a particular car make or model. Is there ever enough room? She wondered aloud. There must be room for everything under the suntimes three. Tip and her husband, Wilbert, a carrier for the U.S. Postal Service, said they look forward to having more time with their children. Tip credited the couple’s good fortune with the birth of their triplets two girls and a boy. They are our lucky charms, she said. We have always felt fortunate to have them. Now we can start giving back to them for all of the good fortune they have brought to us.
A Mercedes for the Brick Mason, Please The NYS New York Lottery’s biggest winner of the day, 46-year-old Dino Jafferakos of Bayridge, Brooklyn said he might feel more at home at a boat show rather than a car show. The avid model ship builder won the $8,000,000 Lotto jackpot from the drawing held on February 20, 2008. The father of one winner said that while he didn’t have any immediate plans for a car, he wouldn’t rule out the possibility of buying one. I plan to check out the Mercedes while I’m here, he said. That’s the only one for me. Jafferakos’ plans also include starting his own construction business and getting into real estate.
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03/05/08 Lottery Uses Cyber Search To Attract Statewide Pool of Available Candidates) Schenectady, NY - The New York Lottery today announced the launch of a virtual talent search to find a few new faces to join the Lottery’s popular drawn team. The cyber search is intended to help the Lottery attract a statewide pool of available talent. The successful candidate(s) will join the Lottery’s existing draw team consisting of Yolanda Vega, Marissa Rodriguez, and Sarah Pingel. The NY Lottery prides itself on using cutting edge research and technology to ensure our products are always fun and entertaining for our players, said New York Lottery Director Gordon Medenica. We’re applying that same principle to find the next fun, entertaining personalities to join our Lottery draw team. The NY Lottery Drawings Personality is a unique role that brings excitement and energy to the Lottery’s daily televised drawings and to scores of personal appearances made on behalf of the Lottery year-round. Lottery Veteran Yolanda Vega said the job can be very challenging.
The job requires a great deal of dedication and a real willingness to be flexible with your time, said Vega. The Lottery drawings take place 364 days a year. There are midday drawings and still others like Lotto that take place after 11 p.m. When you’re not in the studio in Schenectady you might be hosting a special event in Buffalo or Long Island the job takes you where you’re needed. That’s what makes it exciting…for the right person.
4th Putnam County New York Lotto Lottery Millionaire of 2007 Schenectady, NY Thirty-eight-year-old Raymond Ray Steadman, a server at Morton’s The Steakhouse in White Plains, is accustomed to being around millionaires, Lottery millionaires that is. Just a couple of years ago, I was right behind someone who bought a $1,000,000 New York Lotto winner that could have been mine, said Steadman. I’m also good friends with Jimmy Morey who won $2,000,000 on a (Instant Millions) scratch off back in 2002. Now it’s my turn to take home the $1,000,000 check. Steadman’s days as a bridesmaid ended on November 28, 2007 when he purchased a top-prize winning Merry Money instant ticket along with his coffee and newspaper at the Lakeside Market on Lake Drive in Lake Peekskill the very store where his late father once purchased his weekly Lotto tickets.
My father played the New York Lotto for many years, said Steadman. I am sure he had a hand in this. I just wish he was here to enjoy it with me, but I’m sure he’s watching. Steadman said despite his $1,000,000 windfall, he plans to continue working at Morton’s The Steakhouse because he enjoys the people, the benefits and, of course, the tips. Steadman’s win brings to four the number of New York Lottery players from Putnam County to claim a prize of $1,000,000 or more in the first 11 months of 2007.
SCHENECTADY, NY Valentine’s Day is for lovers Lotto lovers in particular. Just ask Pablo Mogollon of Forest Hills, Queens and Oleg Soloviev of the Bath Beach/Graves End section of Brooklyn. The two strangers-turned-Lottery-Millionaires met for the first time today at the Tavern on the Green as New York Lotto officials presented each with his respective share of an $8,000,000 Lotto jackpot from the drawing held on January 30, 2008. I love Lotto, said the 54-year-old Mogollon who works as a registered nurse at Bellevue Hospital in midtown. I started playing back in nursing school for the fun of it and have been playing the same lucky numbers ever since. Mogollon spent a total of $5 on the January 30th New York Lotto drawing, choosing a mix of randomly generated Quick Pick numbers and his own set of lucky New York Lotto numbers that he also selected at random.
There is no special meaning to the numbers I chose, he said. They’re just my numbers or so I thought, he added referring to his fellow jackpot winner. Mogollon will have plenty of time to think of ways to spend his new found wealth during a month-long, pre-scheduled vacation to Peru where he plans to reunite with family and friends. Upon his return to New York, the bachelor millionaire said he plans to look for a new home and, in keeping with the spirit of the day, hinted that he may be ready to settle down. It’s not out of the question, he said.
Mogollon purchased his winning New York Lotto ticket on January 27, 2008 at BHP News on 82nd Street in Jackson Heights. He claimed it on February 5, 2008. Mogollon opted to receive his prize as a lump sum. The lump sum payment totals $2,196,506, less required tax withholdings. Mollogon’s co-jackpot winner, Oleg Soloviev of Brooklyn purchased his lucky New York Lotto ticket on January 29, 2008 at the CJ Express Deli / Grocery on Cropsey Ave. in Brooklyn. Like Mollogon, Soloviev opted for a mix of Quick Pick numbers and lucky numbers and, like his millionaire counterpart; Soloviev admits that he picked his lucky numbers out of thin air. The Belarus-born electrical contractor said he owes his good fortune to his constant companion, a Miniature Schnauzer named Bugsy.
I was walking with Bugsy and decided to stop in to get a ticket, he said. I owe it all to him. Soloviev said his plans for the money include making some much needed repairs to his home and investing wisely for his daughters. I’m looking ahead to college and weddings for both of my daughters, he said. When asked about plans for a wedding of his own in the near future Soloviev would not commit to an answer. I just want to see the money, he said. That’s what interests me right now. Soloviev opted to receive his prize as a lump sum and will receive a one-time payment of $2,196,506, less required tax withholdings.
MAAC Manhattan College February 15 5:00 PM - 10:00 PM Manhattan College New York City During a quarter break in the Iona vs. Manhattan College 8:00 PM game, two lucky contestants will attempt to pull envelopes that have been stuffed with Hearts Are Wild Instant Game tickets off of the Mega Ball Mascot! Must be 18 years or older to play. Prizes while supplies last.
New York Islanders February 12, 2008 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM 1255 Hempstead Turnpike Uniondale Come out and join the New York Islanders and New York Lottery to celebrate Hockey / Heels:Ladies Night at the Coliseum 10 Lucky Ladies will be randomly choosen to win $50 worth of our newest New York Lotto Instant Game ticket Hearts Are Wild Must be 18 years or older to play. Prizes while supplies last.
Schenectady, NY - No matter how you pronounce it, May-O-pac or Mah-HO-pac, there’s one thing that everyone can agree on: Mahopac, NY, population 8,478, is a lucky place to live, especially if you play the Lottery. The New York Lottery today presented a $12,000,000 prize check to 68-year-old Judith Kelly, a long-time Mah-HO-pac resident and a long-time Lotto subscriber. Kelly said she purchased her play-from-home Lotto subscription because she and her husband figured someone had to win and the money went to support education.
A Lotto subscriber since 1996, Kelly’s lucky quick pick numbers - 18 32 50 51 53 58 - were automatically entered into the January 9, 2008 drawing. She said she didn’t know she was a winner until the Lottery broke the good news to her husband. I don’t remember a thing, said Kelly. I know my husband called me and then I called the Lottery, but after that, it’s all a blank. It hasn’t sunk in yet.
As the sole winner of the $12,000,000 New York Lotto jackpot, Kelly opted to receive her prize in one lump sum payment totaling $6,701,742. She will take home $4,567,237 after required tax withholdings. Kelly is one of approximately 83,000 New Yorkers statewide who participate in the Lotto Subscription program. Players who purchase a Lotto subscription select how many games they want to play per drawing and how many weeks they want to play. Subscribers have their lucky numbers or a computer-generated set of a quick pick numbers entered automatically into the twice weekly New York Lotto drawings at a discounted rate. Kelly is the first Putnam County resident of 2008 to receive a New York Lotto prize check valued at $1,000,000 or more. She is the county’s 5th new Lottery Millionaire in the past six months leading some to ask what’s behind this Lottery hot streak. Random luck plain and simple, said New York Lotto Drawing Emcee Marissa Rodriguez. We have more games and more prizes and more people playing then ever before earning record revenues for education. It’s a lucky streak for all concerned.
Other recent Putnam County Lottery Millionaires include two-time New York Lotto winners Eugene Angelo and family ($2.5 million in 1996 and $5 million 2007); New York Lotto Mega Millions jackpot winner William J. Albertson of Mahopac ($75,000,000); James O’Mara of Mahopac ($1,000,000); and Raymond Steadman of Lake Peekskill ($1million). Kelly said she had no immediate plans for her sudden windfall aside from some new carpeting. We’ll do good things with it, she said. That’s the extent of our plans for now.
Winners from Four Boroughs Collect $13,000,000 in Prize Money Schenectady, NY - The New York Lottery today presented $13,000,000 in prize checks to four new Lottery Millionaires representing New York, Kings, Richmond, and Bronx Counties. The four winners, all of whom came to New York from different parts of the world, received their New York Lotto prize checks at New York’s Castle Clinton, a national monument that serves as the ticket office for the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island Ferry.
The NY Lottery’s Yolanda Vega presented the first of four millionaire checks to the day’s top winner, Waleed Alsaidi, a 22-year deli clerk from New York City. Originally from Yemen, Alsaidi has lived in New York City for 10 years while his wife and young son remain in the Middle East. That is my dream for 2008, said Alsaidi. I will bring my wife and son to New York to be with me for a better life. Alsaidi works at his family-owned S / M Deli and Grocery on 7th Avenue in Harlem. It was there that he purchased his winning Win for Life Spectacular ticket which guarantees a minimum prize payout of $10,000,000. I bought it for myself as a New Year’s present, said Alsaidi. I scratched it in the break room and sat there, alone, in shock for a couple of minutes, he said. Then I just went back to work. I didn’t tell anyone. I didn’t know what to say.
Alsaidi said plans are already in the works to bring his wife and young son to New York. I haven’t told her about this yet, he said. I want to surprise her. Alsaidi purchased his winning ticket on December 31, 2007 and claimed it on January 2, 2008. Fifty-four-year-old Luz Vasquez, a native of Columbia, said she cried when she realized she had a $1,000,000 winning ticket. I scratched it while I was walking home from work, recounted Vasquez. I just started crying and then I ran home from there. Vasquez is employed as a bookkeeper at the Artdent dental lab near her home in Boro Park, Brooklyn. She plans to use part of her $1,000,000 prize to help pay for her grandchildren’s college education.
01/26/08 (Winner is Lottery’s 153rd Millionaire of 2007 and Middletown’s 5th ever) Schenectady, NY Thirty-seven-year-old Severino Segundo of Middletown, Orange County, has earned a place in Lottery history as the 153rd new Lottery Millionaire of 2007 the New York Lottery’s record-breaking 40th anniversary year. His win also secures Middletown’s reputation as Orange County’s luckiest New York Lotto city ever.
Segundo claimed his $1,000,000 prize on the Lottery’s popular $500,000,000 Extravaganza instant game. He will receive his prize in annual payments of $50,000, less required tax withholdings, for the next 20 years. It feels GREAT! said Segundo of his win. I am a very, very happy man today. Segundo moved to the United States 20 years ago from his native Mexico where he still has family.
I will continue to work, he said. I’m a hard working guy with a family to support. I have to work, but now I can enjoy myself, too. Segundo bought his winning ticket at the same Mobil On The Run store where he purchases his daily cup of coffee. It’s my morning routine, he explained. I get some coffee and a couple of tickets to go. It’s just how I start my day. Segundo purchased his ticket on December 23, 2007 and claimed it on Christmas Eve, 2007. The bachelor millionaire plans to use his newfound wealth to buy his first home, a place I can call my own. Middletown, NY is now home to five NY Lottery Millionaires making it the winning-est city for New York Lottery players in Orange County. The growing list of Middletown Lottery Millionaires includes Jack Tuthill who won $7,000,000 playing Lotto in 1984; Stephen Dade who won a minimum of $1,000,000 in 1996 on the Win for Life instant game; George Martin who won his $1,000,000 minimum prize payout on the Win for Life game in 2003; and Doreen Patterson who claimed her $19,000,000 Lotto prize in 2006.
Schenectady, NY Sixty-four-year-old Ronald McKay of Pittsford has seen his lifelong dream of financial independence come true. The entrepreneur real estate agent and owner of the Pittsford-based Blanket Real Estate Company, Inc., realized his dream upon winning the $1,000,000 top prize on the Liberty’s Millions instant game from the New York Lottery. McKay will receive his prize in payments of $50,000 a year for 20 years, less required tax withholdings. It’s a good feeling, said McKay. I can retire and still take care of my familyit’s just a really good feeling. McKay said he and his wife, Irene, have four children, three college tuitions and one grandchild on the way so this will certainly help on a number of fronts.
An avid New York Lottery player, McKay has been trying his luck on various Lottery games for 40 years, winning as much as $1,000 here and there. I knew right away this one was different, he said. I had to ask (my wife) to check the ticket because I just couldn’t believe my own eyes. McKay purchased his winning Liberty’s Millions ticket on November 26, 2007 at the A-Plus Mini Mart on South Washington St. in East Rochester. He claimed his $1,000,000 prize the following day at the Lottery’s East Main St. Claim Center in Rochester. McKay’s win brings to three the number of New York Lottery Millionaire checks distributed to Monroe County residents so far this year, the Lottery’s 40th anniversary year. Other recent Lottery Millionaires include Lynn Cocilova of Webster who won her $1,000,000 prize on the New York Lottery’s $3,000,000 Jubilee instant game in January and Therese Arieno of Hilton who received her $1,000,000 windfall in June. Arieno won her prize on the popular Be an Instant Millionaire instant game.
Payout Is Largest Prize Ever Awarded In Tri-City Area Schenectady, NY- New York Lottery Director Gordon Medenica today joined the Lottery’s Yolanda Vega to introduce 58-year-old Jacklyn Lyte of Latham, the sole winner of the $18,000,000 Lotto jackpot from a drawing held on December 5, 2007. Lyte’s $18,000,000 windfall is the largest Lottery prize payout ever awarded to a winner from Albany, Rensselaer or Schenectady County.* To mark the occasion, the Lottery held the check presentation ceremony in the same drawing studio where Vega announced the winning numbers for the December 5 Lotto drawing.
It is not often that we have the opportunity to recreate the winning experience for our players, but that’s what we’ve done here today, said Director Medenica. We’ve invited Jacklyn to stand with Yolanda on the same stage in the same studio where her winning numbers were drawn and to receive her $18,000,000 prize check. It is a once-in-a-lifetime experience that she will never forget. Lyte recently retired from her job as a claims examiner for the New York State Department of Labor in Troy. The mother of three and grandmother of six said she is a loyal but thrifty Lottery player. Two dollars for two (Lotto) games twice a week. That’s my limit, she said. And, I always play Quick Pick. Lyte said she usually purchases her New York Lottery tickets during her lunch break at the Night Owl convenience store on Fulton Street in Troy. She purchased her ticket for the December 5, 2007 Lotto drawing on December 4, 2007 and waited to claim her winning ticket until December 14, 2007.
I waited to claim until I was ready, said the new multi-millionaire. Receiving the actual check after the start of the first of the year made better financial sense for me. But, she added, It is nice to finally have the check in my hand. Lyte said she looked forward to her retirement. I just want to live comfortably without losing sight of what’s important, she said. She also plans to continue playing Lotto, just because. Now in its 40th anniversary year, the New York Lottery has generated more than $31 billion to help support education in New York State, including a record $2.3 billion in fiscal year 2006-2007 on incoming revenue of $7.18 billion. For more information, contact the New York Lottery Communications office at 518-388-3415 or email here. Fred Jacobs of Middlegrove, Saratoga County won an $18,000,000 Lotto jackpot in 1994. Alexander Lindop of Mechanicville won a $25,000,000 Lotto jackpot in 2000.