New York man turns grocery run into $3 million lottery annuity

Comment #10

FrostyGambling — Sat, 15 Nov 2025 05:07:34 GMT

That's exactly why I always buy a scratcher when leaving the grocery store.

Comment #9

JustMaybe — Sat, 15 Nov 2025 01:16:00 GMT

The yearly payment will net him around $1,953,060 after the 20 years.

If I was the winner I would spend 3/4 of the annual payment and invest 1/4 that is $24,413 in a low cost ETF.

After 20 years that would be around 500K in contributions which would hopefully have grown and compounded at least at 7% per year after taxes.

That helps to counter inflation.

I would love to have such a problem

Comment #8

Justing618 — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 22:56:46 GMT

Smart man. That's what I'm taking if I ever win a large amount. Be set for atleast 20 years.....

Comment #7

Gambler4Life — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 20:45:03 GMT

Gotta get up offa that sofa and go upstate where the money is

Comment #6

Gambler4Life — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 20:28:35 GMT

And, this winner confirms what I am always telling people--You can become a millionaire on any given weekend just by visiting your local Publix grocery store in Florida! Now it's true for New York, too! As the NY Lottery motto goes... Hey, you never know.

Comment #5

Kate — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 19:28:22 GMT

There are two recent press releases from the New York Lottery that also feature players who won $3 million top prizes. They walked away with $1,322,442 and $1,308,513 after the required 24% federal tax withholdings, so estimating that the total amount after all taxes would be somewhere around a million

Comment #4

sully16 — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 19:23:14 GMT

Congrats Kurt, enjoy and shop away.

Comment #3

Think — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 16:43:10 GMT

Fudging for inflation his last pre-tax payment will be worth about $45,000 in today's money.

(Using 3.41 for the 20 year fudge and further fudging for 19 years. Actual results will obviously be different

Comment #2

Tony Numbers — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 16:07:43 GMT

Ever notice the top prize usually come from the same area? Either Long Island New York or Upstate New York. We rarely get top prizes in the boroughs, compared to the aforementioned areas. They don't mix up the distribution properly.

Comment #1

LottoBux — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 15:51:12 GMT

What would the lump sum payout have been after all taxes

New York man turns grocery run into $3 million lottery annuity

Lottery Post — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 14:05:51 GMT

Winner opts for 20 years of payments over lump sum

By Kate Northrop

A simple visit to the grocery store turned into a $3 million annuitized payday after a New York man decided to buy a lottery ticket.

A New York man won a $3 million top prize on a scratch-off ticket he purchased at the supermarket, a prize that he decided he would take full advantage of.

Kurt Kelleher of Shirley was at King Kullen on William Floyd Parkway in Shirley when he thought to try out the New York Lottery... [ More ]