{"id":57425,"date":"2025-12-01T18:15:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T18:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/57425\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T18:15:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T18:15:07","slug":"staten-island-woman-wins-2m-scratch-off-prize-elects-one-time-lump-sum-payment-heres-how-much-she-got","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/57425\/","title":{"rendered":"Staten Island woman wins $2M scratch-off prize, elects one-time lump sum payment; here\u2019s how much she got"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"TSYEZON5AZDGDLNLAY6ZRWRJCQ\">A Staten Island woman has claimed a top prize in the New York Lottery\u2019s $2,000,000 Cashword scratch-off game, <a href=\"https:\/\/nylottery.ny.gov\/winner?xiao-lan-zhu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/nylottery.ny.gov\/winner?xiao-lan-zhu\">lottery officials announced.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"RHE54QNLERDUDDCOQMMTCGB6HE\">Xiao Lan Zhu opted to receive a one-time lump sum payment totaling $795,919 after required withholdings, according to officials.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"CBRTIY6E5FARNBLNQTW3WQMMWY\">The winning ticket was purchased at United Grocery Food Store, located at 7522 20th Ave. in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"SBNONBXAQFH3FEGCYUP4RSFE6Q\">As of this writing, there is still one $2 million top prize remaining on the $2,000,000 Cashword ticket. Players can check the status of any New York Lottery scratch-off by downloading the Game Report at nylottery.ny.gov.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"5MLEHL3UDJGVPD76VKCM4HYY2U\">New York\u2019s scratch-off games generated $4,339,794,048 in total sales during fiscal year 2024-2025. School districts throughout the five boroughs received $1,427,185,199 in Lottery Aid to Education funds during the same period.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"X24QGM6EFJD7NE2M4TMS26QMQQ\">The New York Lottery continues to be North America\u2019s largest and most profitable Lottery, contributing $3.6 billion in fiscal year 2024-2025 to benefit public schools in New York State.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"WLKL32UC7BGTLHSTHWN5EIAO7U\">New Yorkers struggling with a gambling addiction, or who know someone who is, can find help at NYProblemGamblingHelp.org, by calling New York\u2019s toll-free confidential HOPEline at 1-877-8-HOPENY (1-877-846-7369), or texting HOPENY (467369). Standard text rates may apply.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Staten Island woman has claimed a top prize in the New York Lottery\u2019s $2,000,000 Cashword scratch-off game,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":57426,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":{"0":"post-57425","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-staten-island","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-staten-island","12":"tag-staten-island-headlines","13":"tag-staten-island-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}