Canton – A scratch ticket sold on the site of Stewarts stores on East Main Street will report a canton resident more than $ 6.4 million.
Daniel Durham asked for a first prize on the bonus scratch game of $ 10,000,000 from the New York lottery and chose to receive a single flat -rate payment totaling 6,467 007, after required.
New York scratch games would have generated $ 4,339,794,048 during total sales during the year 2024-2025. The school districts of the County of Saint-Laurent received $ 30,354,54 of aid to the lottery to the education funds during the same period.
Daniel Durham is listed as level 3 sex offender in the New York State sex offenders.
In 1994, he was found guilty of four hinders of sodomy and two first degree sexual leaders involving a 17 -year -old victim. Crime was reported in 1992.
In December 2014, a recorded sex offender won $ 3 million in a scratch of 7-Eleven in Florida, according to several reports.
The man was prosecuted by his victims and settled the case amicably. The story was covered by ABC News.
The incident has raised a debate on the question of whether the registered sex offenders should be allowed to buy lottery tickets.
There are reports of certain states offering legislation to prohibit sex offenders to buy lottery tickets, but none seem to be adopted.
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