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GREENBURGH, N.Y. A Hartsdale woman has hit it big with a winning $70 million lottery ticket.
Tara Ramirez, 37, of Hartsdale won the New York Lotterys $70 million Powerball, the lottery has announced.
Ramirez was presented with a check Thursday morning at the Dairydel grocery and deli on South Central Avenue in Hartsdale, where she bought the winning ticket on Feb. 24.
"It will mean financial security for me and my family for years to come," Ramirez said in a New York Lottery news release.
Ramirez opted to take the one-time lump sum of $43,668,122 for a net winning of $28,899,563.
Robert Rice, 60, a New Rochelle sanitation worker, also won $3 million in the Triple Million scratch-off game.
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