Second Mega Millions Sullivan County winner this year
MONTICELLO – Sullivan County is turning out to be the luckiest
place in the state. The second multi-million state Lottery winner in two
months was introduced on Wednesday.
Tammy Pratt of South Fallsburg was the sole winner of the $126 million
Mega Millions jackpot drawing of February 27. She is the second Sullivan
County winner in recent weeks as Harold Diamond of Wurtsboro was a $326
million Mega Millions jackpot in January.
Pratt, a real estate broker, bought her winning ticket at the Mobil gas
station in South Fallsburg.
She wondered if anyone had won when she woke up the next morning, checked
her ticket online and saw that someone had purchased the winning ticket
in South Fallsburg. “I was in shock,” she said when she checked
the numbers and realized she won.
Pratt is going to take her money in one lump sum, which will translate
to $81.6 million, netting some $54 million after taxes.
As to what she will do with her new found wealth, “I’m going
to take some time to think about my plans for my family and for the future,”
she said.
The winning numbers were 07, 49, 53, 60, 64 and Mega Ball 04.
