N.Y. family wins $3M top prize in lottery scratch-off game

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ThatScaryChick — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 04:02:33 GMT

Congrats to them

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GamerMom — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:29:28 GMT

ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS A WEEK??? holy cow that's a lot for lottery tix

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JONNIE — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:45:45 GMT

Ive been playing this $10 scratcher a lot lately. Bunch of $50 wins, I hope Im next for $3M!!! Congrats to them. Spring Valley sold the winner, interesting....

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rdgrnr — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:36:14 GMT

$99,045 a year is nice but depending on the number of family members involved probably not life altering. I think they would be wise to keep it pooled as a group and invest in something with the money as a group. There's where you'll find out how close the family is. I hope everything works out for them.

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buttercake — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:56:14 GMT

Congrats, hope it is spent wisely

N.Y. family wins $3M top prize in lottery scratch-off game

Lottery Post — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:45:27 GMT

For the past year, Jemps St. Fleur and his uncle, Chrisnel Josaphat, have been collecting $100 a week from their relatives to play the lottery.

There have been a few small scratch-off wins here and there, but on Sept. 22, the Spring Valley family won $3 million, becoming the first winners of the top prize in the $10 Money scratch-off game.

Family members, who emigrated from Haiti over the years, became Rockland's second lottery millionaires of 2009. The Brucale family of Pearl River won $7... [ More ]