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Marvin Rosales-Martinez, who found a $1 million Win for Life lottery ticket in a pile of leaves and lawn clippings, left his co-workers green with envy Friday as he collected his prize.
According to the Hicksville man, the answer to his fiscal prayers was blowing in the wind as he wielded a rake back in October 2012."It was all wet, and I took it home and I dried it," he recounted. "When I found out I had won, I felt very lucky. I felt very happy."
The landscaper had a long wait to turn his good fortune into a small fortune.
Lottery officials conducted a yearlong investigation to ensure the winning ticket was legit and that no one else would claim it as theirs.Since the winner went for the cash option, he'll collect $515,612 after taxes, lottery officials said.
"It's a lot of money," said the Spanish-speaking Rosales-Martinez through an interpreter. "I'm going to help my family, buy a bunch of little gifts and invest some of it."
His mom, Maria Martinez, said she told her son to toss the winning ticket — and now she's glad he didn't listen."I said 'Oh my God!' when I found out that he won," she said. "I didn't believe it."
Rosales-Martinez was just as stunned, according to his mom.
"He told me, 'I've been working for 20 years in this country and I've never found even $100 — let alone a million,'" Maria Martinez said.