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New Yorker wins Fortune, lives up to his name

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(KYTX) - 53-year-old David Fortune is living up to his name after scratching off the winning number in the New York Lottery's $5 million cash game.

At five million dollars, I'd be laughing too.

But his fortune almost became a misfortune when he stuck his ticket in with other losing tickets.

Luckily he checked one last time.

"I thought it was a losing ticket so I stuck it down with my other losing tickets," says David Fortune.

Lottery officials say Fortune's the fifth person in Clinton County to win over one million dollars since 2000, and the first this year.

And when it's all said and done, after taxes, he'll walk with a cool @$3.3 million.

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