Wins for life

Three American dads found riches with the perfect father’s day presents. The ‘prizes for life’ came from wins with scratchcards. Salvatore Montesano, a father of seven children won a prize of $5,000 a week for life, which could be worth $5 million, from the New York Lottery. Then Christian Conrad received a scratchcard as a gift from his father and won a prize worth $2,000 a week for life. And Raymond Ciccariello is more than pleased with his $1,000 a week for life, from the lottery’s “Win for Life” game.

Mr Montesano attended the news conference to announce his win with his wife, and all seven children. He’d bought a $10 Set For Life game scratchcard, as he’d had smaller wins with the game before. Now, he plans to go on holiday, buy a trampoline for the kids, go fishing, give his subcontracting business to his nephwes and just work when he wants to. Christian Conrad’s win came from a $5 ticket he’d been given as a present, something that he and his family do regularly. With odds of 1:5.3 million he knows he’s been lucky and hopes to help out his family, and return to college.

- 22/6/06