Sixty-six-year-old Dominick Belfiore from West Harrison and sixty-three-year-old Salvatore Garro from White Plains are Westchester County’s new Lottery millionaires.  The long-time friends won the guaranteed $5,000,000 jackpot on the popular Set For Life scratch-off ticket.

“We’re more like brothers than friends,” explained Garro.  “We pool our money together and play the Lottery every day.”

Last month Garro went out to buy their daily tickets one of the tickets was a Set For Life scratch-off ticket.  “I scratched off the jackpot and I was so shocked I started crying.”  “We’ve been waiting a long time for this to happen,” added Belfiore.

Belfiore and Garro opted to receive their prize as a one-time lump sum payment.  Each will receive a net check totaling $1,287,026 after required withholdings.

The lucky winners said they are excited and shocked all at the same time.  They plan to us their winnings to buy vacation homes in Florida and take care of their families.

The winning ticket was purchased at Silver Lake Service Center at 259 Underhill Avenue in West Harrison.

As of this writing there are seven outstanding top prize available on the Set For Life ticket.  Players may check the status of any New York Lottery Scratch-off game by clicking the Instant Games Reports link at nylottery.ny.gov.

The New York Lottery contributed $102,269,938 in Lottery Aid to Education to school districts in Westchester County during fiscal year 2017-2018.

About the New York Lottery

The New York Lottery continues to be North America’s largest and most profitable Lottery, contributing $3.37 billion in fiscal year 2017-2018 to help support education in New York State. The Lottery’s contribution represents approximately 13 percent of total state education aid to local school districts.

New York Lottery revenue is distributed to local school districts by the same statutory formula used to distribute other state aid to education. It takes into account both a school district’s size and its income level; larger, lower-income school districts receive proportionately larger shares of Lottery school funding.

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