A Virginia woman passing through Long Island won big with a New York Lottery scratch-off ticket that guaranteed her at least $5 million.
Claudia Torres of Sterling, Virginia, won the $5,000 A Week For Life top prize in the New York Lottery’s Set For Life game, officials announced. The top prize winners on the ticket are guaranteed a minimum payout of $5 million.
Torres chose to accept the cash value of the annuity reward, receiving a one-time lump sum payment of $2.32 million after necessary withholdings.
She bought the winning ticket at Tirth Supermarket, which is located at 83 Doughty Boulevard in Inwood.
As of this writing, three grand prizes remained on the Set For Life ticket. Players can view the status of any New York Lottery scratch-off by downloading the game report from nylottery.ny.gov.
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