A retired security card more than $24 million from a lottery ticket two days before the price was set to expire.
A retired security card won more than $24 million from a stashed away lottery ticket two days before the price was set to expire.
Jimmie Smith, of New Jersey, said a news report encouraged him to check his lottery ticket to see if the soon-to-expire prize could be his.
He found the ticket stuffed in an old shirt and found that he had a winner.
The New York Lottery released his name Wednesday after a review was completed.
He chose to receive the payout over 26 years.
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