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Commack lottery winner: I hid $1M ticket under mattress

Originally published: February 22, 2013 12:37 PM
Updated: February 22, 2013 10:12 PM
By DEON J. HAMPTON deon.hampton@newsday.com

Maria Matthews Sanders, of Commack, holds her facsimile

Photo credit: Craig Ruttle | Maria Matthews Sanders, of Commack, holds her facsimile lottery check. With her are New York Lottery representatives Jenny Garcia, left, and host Yolanda Vega at the New York Lottery offices in lower Manhattan after it was announced she won $1 million. (Feb. 22, 2013)

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3. $390 million Winning numbers: 16, 22, 29,

Top lottery winners around the world Daniel Bruckner, 35,of California, claims his $208,000,000 Mega

Daniel Bruckner, 35,of California, claims his $208,000,000 Mega

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A bored Maria Matthews Sanders was waiting in a grocery store deli line when she struck it rich.

Sanders, a Commack mother of two who has been on disability for more than a decade, won $1 million playing an instant scratch-off lottery game on Super Bowl weekend.

She was among several large-prize winners announced Friday by the New York Lottery in Garden City.

"I feel great, very,...

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