$ 85 millions Mega Million jackpot won in Staten Islander

Jin Ok Choi (54) tried her luck by buying a lottery ticket of Mega Millions at a liquor store. She was surprised and shocked knowing that she grabbed the ultimate jackpot of Mega Millions as much as $ 85 millions. To pick up the grand prize of the lottery, Jin Ok Choi needed to bring a lawyer with her on Wednesday 1 August 2012 and refused to have her personal details to be revealed. This lucky Korean immigrant decided to get the lump sum payment, so she would only get $ 40.4 millions after taxes.  Buying “a little bigger condo” and upgrading her life were her main plans with her cash prize. Neighbors in Choi’s apartment building were as shocked as her when they knew that an instant millionaire was among them.

Beside Jin Ok Choi, there were 7 other winners of Mega Million jackpot. One of them was a 28-year-old William Sena, a cop of Brooklyn who won $ 1 million on a scratch-off lottery tickets.  His payout will be $ 31,152 a year for 20 years, and he wanted to make use of the money to buy a new bigger house and for his 2-year-old daughter’s, Giuliani, education