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Syracuse Brothers Cash In Huge Lottery Ticket Six Years After They Bought It
Andy and Nayel Ashkar from the Syracuse area waited a long time to become millionaires. Six years as a matter of fact.The brothers are splitting a $5 million dollar jackpot that they won on a $500,000,000 Extravaganza" New York Lottery scratch off ticket. These guys have their heads firmly screwed on and chose to wait to cash in the ticket because they were concerned it would negatively impact their lives. They wanted to make sure they were consulted and prepared when they finally came forward to cash it in. We should all follow their lead because even though money is nice, too much of it too fast can indeed ruin people. The whole story is here.
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