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For Immediate Release: April 24, 2013

$11,000,000 in Lottery Prizes to be Awarded to Ten New Downstate Lottery Millionaires

JAMAICA, N.Y. – New York Lottery spokesperson Yolanda Vega and Lottery representative Jenny Garcia will present $11,000,000 in oversized prize checks to 10 new Lottery millionaires hailing from Queens, Nassau and Suffolk counties, Brooklyn, Staten Island, and Lackawaxen, PA. The lucky winners won their Lottery prizes on various scratch-offs games and multiple Powerball drawings.

WHO:     New York Lottery’s Yolanda Vega and Jenny Garcia will present $11,000,000 in prize checks to 10 new Lottery millionaires.

WHAT:    New York Lottery millionaire check presentations.

WHEN:    April 25, 2013 at 11:00 a.m.

WHERE:  Resorts World Casino New York City
              110-00 Rockaway Boulevard
              Jamaica, New York 11420

NOTES:

For directions, visit rwnewyork.com or call (888) 888-8801.

Go through the front doors and up the main escalators for the location of the check presentations.

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