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2 $1M Lottery Tickets Sold In Bergen County

One Jersey Cash 5 ticket was sold in Englewood Cliffs. The other was sold in Old Tappan.

Two New Jersey Cash 5 Lottery tickets each worth more than $1.1 million were sold in Bergen County recently.

Gaetano Di Staulo from Englewood Cliffs purchased 10 tickets from HK Circle Mini Mart in Dumont Aug. 5 and won more than $1.2 million.

Tamara Hee, an accountant from Nanuet, New York, won more than $1.1 million when she purchased the winning ticket at the Foodtown in Old Tappan she works at as a second job to make ends meet.

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Hee said she will buy health insurance, put her two sons through college, and take "one little warm vacation," with the money.

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Three $1 million lottery tickets have been sold in Bergen County recently.

Patricia Esposito of Garfield $1 million after buying a $150 million Cash Spectacular instant game from the Krauszer's Food Store in Saddle Brook.


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Photo: Tamara Hee poses with the ceremonial check for $1.1 million. — Courtesy of NJ Lottery

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