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E. Patchogue Man Wins $1 Million Lottery Scratch-Off
Eliyahu Cohen wins Million Dollar Scratch ticket reports Newsday.
An East Patchogue man was awarded $1 million Tuesday as a result of a winning lottery scratch off ticket, reports Newsday.
Eliyahu Cohen will receive the money over the next 20 years in annual payments of $33,000 after taxes, according to the New York Lottery.
The article says Cohen is a retired limousine service owner, and that the money will help when his wife decides to retire next year and to help his son, a soldier injured in Iraq.
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Cohen reportedly purchased the ticket at a convenience store on Sunrise Highway in Oakdale on Mother's Day.
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