Lucky winner wins $1000 a week for his life in a lottery game
By Gaurav Bisht |
Published October 15, 2022 08:37 am GMT
A Batavia man is the lucky winner of New York Lottery's $1,000 A Week For Life prize.
Shawn Elkins, which was purchased at the Western OTB/Batavia Downs Gaming, claimed his prize from the scratch-off game.
He has chosen to receive his prize as an annuity. His first payment was $33,852 after taxes and will continue to receive payments for life.
The New York Lottery says there are still six top prizes remaining on this current printing of the Win $1,000 A Week For Life game.
Last year, scratch-off games generated more than four billion dollars in sales for New York State.
Of that, school districts in Genesee County received more than $13 million in lottery aid for education.
