You can quit your job: New Yorker wins '$5000 a week for life' prize
'04.02.2022'
Nurgul Sultanova-Chetin
'As reported Daily voice, a New Yorker celebrating winning the million dollar lottery. Christina Merry Wins $5000 a Week for Life lottery "Set for Life", which the lottery announced on Friday, January 28th.
Merry is from Glenfield in Lewis County, which is about 55 miles from Watertown.
The NY Lottery said that Merry has opted to receive her prize in a lump sum of $2 after mandatory deductions.
On the subject: Lotteries in the USA: how the system works that gives everyone the chance to become a millionaire
The New York Lottery, as the name suggests, was originally for New Yorkers but has now expanded. The minimum jackpot is $3 million. If no one wins the main prize in the current draw, then the next draw will increase it by $500.
The rules of the New York lottery are nowhere simpler: the player needs to guess five numbers from 1 to 59 + the number under which the bonus ball will fall. Unlike the previous options, the chances of gain it is less here, because the bonus ball falls out of the standard lottery machine (1-56).
"I'm going to pay some bills and then we'll see," Merry told the NY Lottery after claiming her prize.
The lottery said the ticket was purchased at the Sliders Food Mart located at 6215 #4 Road in Lowville.
