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Calif. man bought $208M lottery ticket on LI

Quick ReadThe $208 million lottery winner, Daniel Bruckner, a financial analyst from San Jose, was introduced at the Middle Island King Kullen supermarket where he purchased the winning Mega Millions ticket

Daniel Bruckner, 35, with his wife Christine, left,

Photo credit: James Carbone | Daniel Bruckner, 35, with his wife Christine, left, of California, claims his $208,000,000 Mega Millions jackpot at King Kullen in Middle Island. (January 13, 2012)

The winner of Long Island's biggest-ever lottery jackpot is more at home on the freeway than the expressway. He's a software company manager from California's Silicon Valley.

Daniel Bruckner, 35, of San Jose, bought the $208 million Mega Millions ticket at a Middle Island supermarket while on a Christmas Week visit with his in-laws in Ridge.

After weeks of suspense, lottery officials...

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