A resident of Westchester County, New York, came to collect his $5,000,000 prize from a Cash X100 scratch-off game.
The New York Lottery reported that Yorktown Heights resident William Ciringione collected the prize.
The lucky winner bought the ticket at a 7-Eleven located at 1949 Commerce Street in the same town.
Ciringione chose to collect the prize in a single exhibition, so after taxes he took home a sum of $3,255,000.
The lottery reported that as of December 21, there were 2 CashX100 jackpots still to be claimed.
New York Lottery scratch-off games generated $4,406,338,198 in total sales during fiscal year 2022-2023.
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This Wednesday, during the lighting of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, several pro-Palestinian protesters raised their voices against the war. Meanwhile, dozens of people celebrated more than 90 years of this Christmas tradition. We show you the images of the moment.
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Like every year, the lighting of the Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center marked the beginning of the December celebrations in the Big Apple.
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This year, the tree used in the event is an 80-foot tall, 12-ton Norway spruce that was transported from the community of Vestal, New York state.
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The tree is decorated with more than 50,000 energy-efficient multicolor LED lights.
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Starting today, it will be on every day from 5:00 in the morning until midnight.
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On Christmas Day the tree will be lit for 24 hours and on the last day of the year it will remain lit from 5:00 am to 9:00 pm.
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From early in the morning, NYPD agents closed the access streets between 48th and 51st between Fifth and Sixth Avenues.
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As expected, dozens of pro-Palestine demonstrators attended the event to protest.
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Several of them were detained when trying to cross through the entrances. However, the altercations did not escalate.
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Starting this weekend, the streets around Rockefeller Center will also be closed between 11:00 a.m. and midnight every day.
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Westchester County school districts received $154,983,517 in Lottery Aid to Education funds during the same period.
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