Enrique Cabrera of Queens won a $1,000,000 prize from the New York Lottery’s $1,000,000 Bonus Cashword scratch-off game after buying the ticket in Jackson Heights. He chose a $395,974 lump sum after customary withholdings, turning the advertised top prize into a smaller immediate payout.
The winning ticket was sold at I & Y News & Candy, 7413 Roosevelt Avenue in Jackson Heights. That store now joins the list of places tied to recent seven-figure New York Lottery wins, including a Brooklyn player’s $3 million scratch-off prize in mid-July and a separate $3 Million MAX grand prize won by Daniel Nellis of Caroga Lake.
Jackson Heights ticket sale
The ticket that produced Cabrera’s win came from a counter sale at I & Y News & Candy on Roosevelt Avenue. For a scratch-off buyer, the practical step is simple: keep the ticket secure until it is checked and claimed, because the prize follows the ticket, not the store.
Cabrera’s win also shows how the location of a ticket sale can matter after the fact. Jackson Heights now has a direct link to a $1,000,000 payout, and the retailer becomes part of the documented path from purchase to claim.
Queens payout difference
Cabrera’s choice of a lump sum matters because the advertised prize and the cash he takes home are not the same figure. The $1,000,000 top prize became $395,974 after customary withholdings, a difference that reflects the way lottery payouts are processed before a winner receives the money.
For a player, that means the headline number is only the starting point. The amount actually available after withholdings is the figure that determines the immediate payout.
Recent New York Lottery wins
The New York Lottery has now produced several seven-figure winners in close succession. In mid-July, a Brooklyn player won $3 million from one of the lottery’s scratch-off tickets and later visited HQ to claim the winnings, taking a one-time lump sum payment.
Recently, Daniel Nellis of Caroga Lake won the grand prize from the $3 Million MAX game and will take home a lump sum payment of $1,328,043 after all applicable taxes. Against that run of results, Cabrera’s Jackson Heights prize is another reminder that the top tier of a scratch-off game can still produce a winner even after several large payouts have already been claimed.
What remains open in this game is simple: how many top prizes are still out there in the $1,000,000 Bonus Cashword scratch-off game. Anyone holding one of those tickets has to check the ticket itself to know whether it is still a loser or part of the remaining prize pool.
