N.Y. bartender bought $7M lottery ticket on a whim

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Bleudog101 — Thu, 25 May 2017 10:43:53 GMT

A stroll he'll never forget while his clothes were in the spin cycle.

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Cassie8620 — Sat, 20 May 2017 20:31:01 GMT

I'm glad he won. mid 50s, still young enough for decades of fun i hope, and lots of his favorite past time fishing, congratulations.

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American Indian — Thu, 18 May 2017 09:36:48 GMT

I hope to WIN soon

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eddessaknight — Thu, 18 May 2017 01:52:30 GMT

Aye, Mr. Moriarity, another good story about the Luck of the Irish in New York

Luck found him!

In if you are willing, Luck will find you too

Drink Up Celebrate and be buying the bar a round or two, lad

Eddessa_Knight with Lucky Light

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Bleudog101 — Thu, 18 May 2017 00:21:38 GMT

I give a toast to your good luck. Love uplifting stories like these.

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Tatototman65 — Wed, 17 May 2017 23:14:12 GMT

Congrats

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GiveFive — Wed, 17 May 2017 18:48:11 GMT

There's nothing wrong with your eyes. It is huge... just like the big check he's holding, the ticket is an oversize copy of the ticket he actually bought and scratched. That's done for ceremonial/publicity purposes. G5

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lucky 1977 — Wed, 17 May 2017 17:46:27 GMT

lol, that does look huge

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music* — Wed, 17 May 2017 16:11:57 GMT

The lady in the photo is Yolanda Vega the New York Lottery's representative. I do agree with your comment about the ticket looking bigger than any other ticket. It could be the relative position of the camera.

This is definitely a good news story. Thanks

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amber123 — Wed, 17 May 2017 16:01:02 GMT

Either it's an illusion in the picture, or something wrong with my eyes, but If you blow the picture up, to me that scratch-off ticket looks huge. Comparing the size of the woman's left hand who is holding the ticket, it looks bigger than any ticket I've seen...lol

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MaximumMillions — Wed, 17 May 2017 15:42:30 GMT

Crap, maybe I don't win cause I buy online. ;)

Good for him, and his very down to earth plans. Though I do see a sports car in his future.

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noise-gate — Wed, 17 May 2017 14:26:53 GMT

So easy so simple. Dropped off his laundry, took a stroll and the next thing you know, this tail shaker is $7 mil richer.

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TheGameGrl — Wed, 17 May 2017 14:09:27 GMT

He paid for the ticket. He deserves the pay out.

Well done on the win, and catch some lunkers

N.Y. bartender bought $7M lottery ticket on a whim

Lottery Post — Wed, 17 May 2017 13:12:37 GMT

He'll drink to that!

A Bronx bartender won $7 million from a scratch-off ticket he bought while killing time at a laundromat and now plans to spend big bucks on fishing gear, he said Tuesday.

This is otherworldly. I never saw it coming, said Michael Moriarty adding the astonishing news brought him to his knees.

A lot of people say this is karma, but I'm nothing special. I just do the best I can, he added.

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