A lucky Westchester County guy bags $5 million recently

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A scratch off lottery player from Westchester County bags a big jackpot recently

A lucky New York Lottery player from Westchester County won the $5 million top prize from a Cash Royale scratch-off game bought at ShopRite.

Raymond Yancey, of Yonkers, purchased the winning scratch-off at the ShopRite located at 29 Mamaroneck Ave. in White Plains.

According to the New York Lottery, Yancey opted to receive the prize in 20 annuitized payments of $158,186 each, after required withholdings.

"As of this writing, there were two top prizes remaining on the $5,000,000 Cash Royale ticket," the lottery wrote in a press release.

The winner has to reach the nearest lottery headquarters for further documentation formalities and for claiming their winning prize money, lottery officials said.