NYS lottery win: 5 from Long Island split $5M in scratch-off game
The five people won the Cash X100 scratch-off game. Credit: Newsday/Steve Pfost
These five Long Islanders scratched off $5 million worth of luck.
The New York Lottery announced this week that four people from Floral Park and one from Bay Shore split the $5 million from the Cash X100 scratch-off game, the lottery said in a press release.
Each was awarded $651,000 due to required withholdings: Bibi N. Rahman, of Bay Shore; and Sheik F. Rahman, Bibi F. Rahman, Bibi K. Rahman and Bibi S. Rahman, all of Floral Park.
Lottery spokesman Brad Maione said the winners are related. The winnings are subject to a 24% federal tax and a 10.9% state tax, he said. The lottery had earlier said the Floral Park winners were from the Queens neighborhood of Floral Park.
Maione said that due to a clerical error, the Floral Park residents were initially categorized as being from Queens, and thus subject to an additional 3.876% New York City tax and awarded $612,240 each. The four were subsequently issued payments for the balance.
The ticket was bought at Ron's Deli Grocery Store on Jamaica Avenue in Jamaica, Queens.
The odds of winning the $5 million prize are 1 in 4,498,390, according to the lottery. One ticket costs $20.
Matthew Chayes, a Newsday reporter since 2007, covers New York City.
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