New York has been joined by three millionaires. They were residents of long island, Queens and Manhattan, which won a total of 16.7 million dollars.
Manhattan
45-year-old warehouse worker from Manhattan Juan Mendez with his wife every Friday to buy lottery tickets Take5, Powerball and Mega Millions. But recently they decided to try their luck in LOTTO and hit the jackpot in 4.7 million dollars.
«My wife convinced me to buy a ticket to that evening,» says ABC7 lucky. «I checked all the rooms on the website a dozen times before he couldn’t believe his eyes».
The Mendez chose a one-time payment, which will amount to 2,018 millionin dollars. The man said that it plans to win is very simple. «I’m going to repay your debt and then buy a house with a pool for my family.»
The winning ticket was purchased in Milena Pharmacy on Broadway.
Long Island
24-year-old contractor Eric Debuen from long island was having dinner with my mom at the restaurant store Pitstop Pantry in East Moriche, when he decided to play the scratch lottery, while they waited for food.
«I chose from the pack-ticket number 13, my lucky number,» says Eric. «And when erased was stunned when I saw that I had won 5 million.»
According to Eric, he still remained calm, as the school had a lot of people, and he didn’t want to draw attention to himself. One-time payment amount to 3,309 million dollars. Eric plans to buy a new house, to relax and to open your business.
Queens
Yangi Sherpa, assistant administrator of Woodside, Queens, won 7 million dollars in the lottery CASH4LIFE.
The decision to purchase a ticket, which she purchased at the Pronto Lotto on 74th Street in Elmhurst, was spontaneous. «My dad plays anything with a lottery and asked me CASH4LIFE».
Yangi also chose a lump sum payment, which after taxes will amount of 4.36 million.
«Luck is luck, there is no explanation,» — said the girl. «In this world there are the lucky ones and today I am one of them.» She, like the other winners, are going to buy a new house for the family.
