Massapequa couple latest Long Islanders to collect on big lottery prizes with $2 million win
Long Islanders collected big prizes in New York's Lottery games in recent weeks. Credit: Newsday/Steve Pfost
A Massapequa couple became the latest Long Island lottery winners, collecting a Mega Millions prize from the same draw as a ticket bought by an earlier winner from Massapequa Park at the same Seaford location.
The state gaming commission identified Francine and Theodore Rosen as winners of the second prize in the April 15 drawing for Mega Millions.
Their ticket, which matched the five field numbers from the drawing — 6, 10, 13, 24 and 63 — but failed to match the winning Mega Ball, 2, was worth $2 million after the two-times multiplier doubled the usual $1 million prize.
The gaming commission said the couple opted for a lump-sum payment, a check for $651,000 after withholdings.
The ticket was one of two prize winners sold at Manya Card and Gifts on Hicksville Road in Seaford for the draw on April 15. The other ticket, which also matched all five field numbers but not the Mega Ball, was worth $4 million thanks to an assigned four-times multiplier. That ticket was worth $2,604,001 after withholdings, the gaming commission said.
Earlier this month, an Elmont woman received a lump-sum payment of $436,171 after purchasing a $1 million winner on a Bonus 20X scratch-off ticket at Jav Tiger Mart on Fulton Avenue in Hempstead.
The lottery said, within the past week, winning tickets were also sold at several other locations on Long Island, among them: a Take 5 top-prize ticket worth $16,561 sold on Peninsula Boulevard in Lynbrook on Monday; a third-prize Powerball ticket worth $50,000 sold on Merrick Avenue in North Merrick on Saturday, and three top-prize Take 5 tickets sold last week in Ridge, Mastic Beach and Bay Shore.
Each of those Take 5 winners was worth more than $30,000, the gaming commission said.
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