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Passaic Co. Man Wins $1M Playing Lottery Scratch-Off
Jesse Kaplan decision to play a scratch-off game paid off big time.
PASSAIC COUNTY, NJ —Jesse Kaplan does not play New Jersey Lottery games often, but he did recently and it paid off in a big way.
Kaplan, of Pompton Lakes, bought a ticket for The Lucky Times 50 scratch-off game at the Quick Stop store in Haskell. He scratched off the tickets and checked them at an in-store scanner, New Jersey Lottery officials said.
When he scanned one of the tickets, a message popped up for him to visit a clerk. He thought something was wrong, so she showed it to the clerk, who told him he won the $1 million jackpot.
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Kaplan was "ecstatic and in disbelief," lottery officials said.
Kaplan said he would have been happy with a lot less, but was "pleased and grateful" for the win.
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Kaplan plans on using the money to purchase some upgrades to his Jeep and his house, officials said.
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