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LI's Powerball winner -- minus $586 million

Philip Cimino, of Garden City Park, who won

Philip Cimino, of Garden City Park, who won a $33 million Mega Millions prize, and Joel Ditkowsky, of Commack, who chalked up a $1 million prize in Wednesday's Powerball game, talk about how it feels to win big at a state lottery news conference. Videojournalist: Jim Staubitser (Nov. 29, 2012) (November 29, 2012 11:56 PM)

The big Powerball money -- a record $587 million -- may be going to people who bought tickets in Arizona and Missouri, but a Long Island man is getting at least a small slice of the pie.

Joel Ditkowsky of Commack claimed his $1 million Powerball prize, for matching five numbers, at the state lottery office in Garden City yesterday.

Ditkowsky is a regular customer of a Commack convenience...

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