Monsey, New York, woman Henya Fried has claimed a $5,000-a-week-for-life prize, with a guaranteed minimum payout of $5 million.
Henya Fried of Monsey, New York, has claimed a top prize on the New York Lottery’s Set For Life scratch-off game that will provide her with $5,000 a week for life, subject to the terms of the prize.
Top prize winners on the Set For Life game are guaranteed a minimum payout of $5 million.
Fried elected to take the lifetime annuity option rather than a lump-sum payment. Under that option, she received her first of 20 guaranteed annual payments, amounting to $169,263 after required withholdings.
The winning ticket was purchased at AiM’s (Family) Laundromat at 37 South Main St. in Spring Valley, New York, in Rockland County.
The prize means Fried will receive annual payments under the lifetime annuity arrangement, with the guaranteed payments forming part of the minimum $5 million prize.
