A New York resident has won the top prize in the New York Lottery’s Million Dollar Raffle, officials announced Tuesday.
Shaurna Walters, a Jamaica, Queens, resident, claimed the $1,000,000 prize as one of 15 winners selected in the promotional raffle.
After required withholdings, Walters received a lump sum payment of $612,247.
The winning ticket was purchased at J&E Dynamic Store, located in Jamaica.
The raffle commemorated the bicentennial of the Erie Canal.
Lottery officials reported that other top-prize winning tickets were distributed across multiple regions of the state, including Chenango, Dutchess, Genesee, New York, Schenectady, Suffolk and Westchester counties.
Here is where the 15 top-prize winning raffle tickets were sold:
A&A Food Mart, Painted Post
BW’s Restaurant, Pavilion
Conoco Quick Stop, Patchogue
Fairfield Food, Bronx
He & Jay Stationery, Bronx
Heng Yun Grocery, New York
J&E Dynamic Store, Jamaica
Kings Gift Shop, Bronx
Lincoln Dale Wine And Liquor, Somers
M&J Liquor, Bronx
Mirabito, New Berlin
Mobil (Throgs Neck Petro), Bronx
Newspaper Stand, New York
Stewart’s Shops, Poughkeepsie
Stewart’s Shops, Schenectady
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