Westchester Coworkers Win $1M on Powerball and CT Woman Scores $1M on Scratch-Off Ticket

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For Immediate Release:

April 9, 2013

Westchester Coworkers Win $1,000,000 on Powerball and Connecticut Woman Scores $1,000,000 from Scratch-Off Purchased in New Rochelle

YONKERS, N.Y. – The New York Lottery’s Yolanda Vega will present over-sized checks totaling $2,000,000 to a group of six long-time coworkers who won $1,000,000 from the March 23, 2013 Powerball drawing and a Connecticut woman who purchased a $1,000,000 winning 20X The Bucks scratch-off ticket in New Rochelle. The event will take place at Empire City Casino in Yonkers.

WHO:	New York Lottery’s Yolanda Vega will award $2,000,000 in ceremonial prize checks to the Lottery’s newest millionaires.
WHAT:	New York Lottery millionaire check presentations.
WHEN:	Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at 11 a.m.
WHERE:	Empire City Casino at Yonkers Raceway 810 Yonkers Avenue Yonkers, NY 10704
NOTES:	For directions call (914) 968-4200

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