A New York couple who spent a combined 75 years as educators were announced today as the winners of a $326 million Mega Millions jackpot, the largest in New York Lottery history.
Harold Diamond, 80, of
Wurtsboro, and his wife, Carol, accepted a $130,676,438 check – the
amount the couple received after taxes and a lump-sum payment – at the
same Valero gas station in Middletown, New York, where Diamond purchased
the ticket in November.
“My wife and I were driving to Middletown for dinner after voting on Election Day but the weather made us rethink our plans,” Diamond, a school principal who retired in 1995, said in a statement released by lottery officials.
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