# @newsday on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DYFXPOvjtKj
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/65155057-newsday-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-05-08T16:07:29.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Newsday • Long Island News (@newsday) — https://gondola.cc/newsday

## Caption

One Virginia woman will forever remember a visit to her parents in Queens after she claimed a winning scratch-off ticket bought in a Nassau County store guaranteeing her $5 million.

"It was life-changing," said Claudia Torres, 51, of Sterling, Virginia.

Torres claimed the top prize in the New York Lottery’s Set For Life scratch-off game, the New York Lottery website said.

Read the full story in the link in bio. (Photo credit: J. Conrad Williams Jr. and Steve Pfost)
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