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Brooklyn Man Buys $7M Cash4Life Winning Ticket In Hudson Valley
Cash4Life's top prize is $1,000 a day for life or a minimum guaranteed payout of $7 million.
FISHKILL, NY — A Brooklyn man who bought a Cash4Life ticket in the Hudson Valley has claimed his winnings.
Osman Antonio Calderon Linarte picked all the numbers correctly, plus the Cash Ball, to win first prize on the March 27 Cash4Life drawing.
He purchased the winning tickets at Smokes 4 Less at 982 Main St. in Fishkill, New York Lottery officials said.
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Calderon Linarte was guaranteed a minimum payout of $7 million and received his prize as a single lump-sum payment of $4,285,680 after required withholdings.
A new Lottery millionaire, Calderon Linarte said he planned "to help family invest in business.
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"I want to help my family," he told lottery officials.
The winning numbers for the March 27 drawing were 12-18-26-42-58 with the Cash Ball 03.
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