By The newspaper
30 Jul 2024, 09:29 AM EDT
A person in New York won a Cash4Life lottery prize in the drawing on Sunday, July 28, equivalent to $1,000 dollars a week for life.
The ticket was sold at a smoke shop located at 59 North Plank Road in Newburgh, Orange County, and has a guaranteed minimum value of $1 million, New York Lottery officials said.
The winning numbers were 23, 42, 43, 49, 56 and ball 2. The prize of a lottery draw of any amount can be claimed up to one year after the date of the draw, he recalled. Patch.com.
In mid-May, another person in Long Island (NY) also won a prize in the Cash4Life lottery that will allow him to receive $1,000 dollars a week for life.
The winning numbers of the Cash4Life game are drawn from a field of 1 to 60. The ball comes out of a separate group of 1 to 4, he recalled. SIlive.com. This lottery is drawn nightly. The jackpot is $1,000 per day for life. It is paid as a lifetime annuity (minimum of 20 years) of $365,000 per year or a lump sum of the winner’s choice.
Last week it was announced that a Schenectady resident claimed a $3 million jackpot in the New York Lottery’s Xtreme Cash Scratch-Off game. But because he opted for a lump sum payment, he lost more than half of the money to taxes, leaving him with just $1,406,160.
In March, someone won $1.13 billion in the Mega Lottery in New Jersey, the largest jackpot ever won in that state, which remains unclaimed.
Scratch-off games generated more than $4.4 billion in total sales during fiscal year 2022-2023, the New York Lottery said. Of that, more than $48 million went to Schenectady County schools through the Lottery Aid to Education program.
The New York Lottery remains the largest and most profitable lottery in North America, contributing $3.7 billion in fiscal year 2022-2023 to help support K-12 public education statewide.
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According to statistics, New York is the “luckiest” state in the US in terms of the number of winners of jackpots in the Powerball and Mega Millions lotteries in recent decades.
Those struggling with gambling addiction or knowing someone who does can find help by calling New York State’s toll-free and confidential HOPEline at 1-877-8-HOPENY (1-877-846-7369) or by texting HOPENY (467369).