Upstate New Yorker Wins $1Million on NY Lottery Scratch-Off

One lucky Capital Region man is cashing in on a ten-dollar scratch-off ticket that he purchased at a gas station convenience store. He is now an instant millionaire.

This $10 New York Lottery scratch-off ticket is a crossword-type scratch-off game called the $1,000,000 Bonus Cashword. In this game, the more words you make, the more money you win.

An Albany man purchased the winning $1,000,000 scratch-off ticket at MNZ Mart, 222 South Pearl Street, Albany.

According to the New York Lottery, Willard Dorsey of Albany was the winner of one million dollars on the Bonus Cashword ticket.

He decided to receive a single lump sum payment totaling $436,173, after required taxes and withholdings. There are three top prizes left in this New York Lottery scratch-off game.

On November 20th,  Ann Grethe of Morrisonville claimed the $1,000,000 top prize on the New York Lottery’s New York Millionaire scratch-off game. She decided to take the one-time lump sum payment of $436,171 after all of the taxes and withholdings.

Ann purchased this five-dollar New York Millionaire New York Lottery scratch-off ticket at a Price Chopper Market 32 in Plattsburgh.

Maybe you are next. There are plenty of New York Lottery scratch-off games left that could instantly make you a millionaire or a multi-millionaire.

Check out all of the New York Lottery scratch-off tickets that are still available with the highest jackpots left