Feb. 24, 2012 By Christian Murray
A Sunnyside widow won $1 million from a scratch-off lottery ticket, according to a release put out by the New York State lottery moments ago.
Margaret Casey, a 65-year-old widow and former home-health aid, will receive a net sum of $31,152 per year through 2031, according to officials.
Casey said in a statement that she’ll continue to keep life simple. “I have no real needs or wants right now,” adding that, “Maybe I’ll take a trip to visit my family down south in the spring.”
Casey bought the ticket at the “69-Grand Street” store, located on Grand Ave. in Maspeth. She often goes there to visit the owners Mohmad Memon and Rajnikant Patel.
It was during one such visit on Jan. 4 that Casey bought a gold-colored 20X The Money Lottery scratch-off ticket on display near the front door.
“I’ll take one of those,” she told herself at the time. “It was the gold color that got me,” she said. “I stopped and scratched the ticket in the store. I don’t play scratch-offs, so I had them check it for me,” Casey continued. “We all got a little emotional when we realized it was a $1,000,000 winner.”
