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$202 million lottery ticket sold in New York
By Julia Talanova, CNN
UPDATED: 02:49 PM EDT 06.02.11
Someone in New York is holding a Powerball ticket worth $202 million, according to a New York Lottery official.
The winning jackpot ticket in Wednesday night's drawing was sold at a Long Island stationery store, Malik & Chandni in Lindenhurst. As of Thursday afternoon no one had come forward to claim the prize, said Carolyn Hapeman, a lottery spokeswoman.
The store is known for its winning record. In 2006 it sold a $1 million scratch-off ticket and last year a customer hit a $96,000 LOTTO jackpot there.
"I'm very excited -- it's good for us, and I hope they (the winner or winners) have a very good life now," said Mike Patel, the store owner.
It is the second-largest winning lottery ticket sold in New York this year; winnings of $319 million were claimed in March by a group of coworkers in Albany who are now known as "Albany Seven."
The June 1 winning numbers were 8, 18, 38, 46, 56 and the Powerball was 31. The winner has one year to claim the wealth.
Hapeman said if a lump-sum payment is chosen over a multi-year annuity, the winnings would come out to $106 million.
From CNN.com
What would you do with that kind of dough?
Would you take the lump sum or spread your winnings across the years?
I'm that close to 49. Might opt for the $106 million up front if I had that winning ticket.
Gym spending spree? I'd open a gym with a juice bar/supplement sales (IronMagLabs, of course). And a fern.
Dumbbells to 250 lbs. to silence the "Well, this ain't a REAL gym" crowd.
Apartment above the gym. Monster garage around the back so no more a) trees, b) drunk college kids, c) law students, or d) idiot motorists will tip over my motorcycle again.
I mean, seriously, a freaking tree.
24/7 key card access for members.
What else?
And, of course, a first class art room for "kids" from 3 to 103.
Maybe a barber shop on the other side of the gym. Pool somewhere.
Wait.
That was $106 million not billion. Dang.
By Julia Talanova, CNN
UPDATED: 02:49 PM EDT 06.02.11
Someone in New York is holding a Powerball ticket worth $202 million, according to a New York Lottery official.
The winning jackpot ticket in Wednesday night's drawing was sold at a Long Island stationery store, Malik & Chandni in Lindenhurst. As of Thursday afternoon no one had come forward to claim the prize, said Carolyn Hapeman, a lottery spokeswoman.
The store is known for its winning record. In 2006 it sold a $1 million scratch-off ticket and last year a customer hit a $96,000 LOTTO jackpot there.
"I'm very excited -- it's good for us, and I hope they (the winner or winners) have a very good life now," said Mike Patel, the store owner.
It is the second-largest winning lottery ticket sold in New York this year; winnings of $319 million were claimed in March by a group of coworkers in Albany who are now known as "Albany Seven."
The June 1 winning numbers were 8, 18, 38, 46, 56 and the Powerball was 31. The winner has one year to claim the wealth.
Hapeman said if a lump-sum payment is chosen over a multi-year annuity, the winnings would come out to $106 million.
From CNN.com
What would you do with that kind of dough?
Would you take the lump sum or spread your winnings across the years?
I'm that close to 49. Might opt for the $106 million up front if I had that winning ticket.
Gym spending spree? I'd open a gym with a juice bar/supplement sales (IronMagLabs, of course). And a fern.
Dumbbells to 250 lbs. to silence the "Well, this ain't a REAL gym" crowd.
Apartment above the gym. Monster garage around the back so no more a) trees, b) drunk college kids, c) law students, or d) idiot motorists will tip over my motorcycle again.
I mean, seriously, a freaking tree.
24/7 key card access for members.
What else?
And, of course, a first class art room for "kids" from 3 to 103.
Maybe a barber shop on the other side of the gym. Pool somewhere.
Wait.
That was $106 million not billion. Dang.