A man from Sidney is starting out 2018 as a millionaire. The New York Lottery reports the unnamed man won a $1,000,000 prize on a holiday-themed scratch-off ticket. According to officials the man bought the $10 “Merry Millionaire” at Mirabito on State Route 8 in Masonville on his way home from work. Today the man will get a check from the Lottery’s Yolanda Vega at the place he bought the ticket.

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