At a time when more people are living paycheck-to-paycheck and turning to food banks for assistance, a winning lottery ticket can bring great hope and security. Not only can it pay bills and cover food expenses; it can even allow working class families to invest in their future and secure housing – although such amounts may seem relatively trivial to those unfamiliar with playing lotteries; for one family in need a half million may provide enough of a buffer against public assistance programs altogether.

On Wednesday evening, the winning numbers for a $1 ticket purchased at Stop & Shop in Middletown were drawn, making one man instantly a millionaire overnight. His win will total $500,000 each week until their lives expire, enough money for both apartments rent payments as well as food stamp subsidies if need be and perhaps enough savings for buying a car or taking the family on vacation!

A Yankee lotto is an accumulator bet which combines 11 possible outcomes from four selections into an accumulator bet, consisting of six doubles, four trebles and one four-fold accumulator. However, unlike an accumulator it pays out when just two or three selections win since single bets have been eliminated from consideration.

Nefiteria Harris and her family moved into Amity neighborhood in 2016 in hopes of enrolling her kids at Davis Academy for Arts and Design Innovation Magnet School; however, due to a system that favors suburban families, her hopes have yet to materialize. Since 2016 she has been on a waitlist and regularly inquires from administrators if any spots have opened up; unfortunately her persistence has yet to pay off.