The following was via OnlySimchas.com:
It was purchased in Lawrence, NY – a heavily Orthodox Jewish area.
And according to the New York State Gaming Commission, a winning ticket for $50,000 was sold in Lawrence.
The ticket was purchased at Tobacco Road on Rockaway Turnpike in Lawrence before the drawing on Jan. 13, that’s about a half block from Bogo’s the Kosher Pizza shop.
That Powerball jackpot was the largest in U.S. history. Players in Nassau and Suffolk counties won millions of dollars with 19 winning tickets ranging from $50,000 to $1 million.
said Gardner Gurney, director of the Division of the Lottery.
“While no one hit the jackpot prize, New Yorkers are vastly richer thanks to [the] historic Powerball drawing,” Gardner Gurny, director of the NYS Division of the Lottery said in a media release. “From Montauk Point to Niagara Falls and from Plattsburgh to Jamestown, two million prizes totaling over $18.8 million dollars were won in New York.”
Was the winner Jewish? Where does he daven?
It is all the buzz in the Five Towns.
(Source: OnlySimchas.com)
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4 Responses
Bh…. Really nothing to go bonkers about, it’s like a bonus from many high powered companies on holiday drain.
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Its all the buzz in the 5 towns???
I haven’t heard one person mention it
The place it was sold is frequented by every day laborer in the vicinity as well as the neighborhood next door which is not “heavily orthodox”
That said , chances are an aino yehudi is actually the winnner
So what will $50,000 get you in the 5 towns. Maybe it covers 2 or 3 years of your property tax. Helpful but really not so life changing.