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'An Out-Of-Body Experience': NY Woman Claims $3M Lottery Prize
A Long Island woman discussed the shock she experienced when she realized she won a $3 million lottery prize.
Josephine Julich, of East Northport, claimed a top prize from the New York Lottery’s "X Series 50X" scratch-off game, NY Lottery just announced.
"Winning this jackpot felt like an out-of-body experience," she told NY Lottery after claiming the prize.
Julich received her prize as a single, lump-sum payment of $1,640,520 after required withholdings, the lottery said.
NY Lottery said Julich plans to use the funds for "retirement, her children, to have some fun, and for charitable cau…
