Youngstown woman wins $1 million on lottery ticket

January 9, 2009 at 5:24p.m.

YOUNGSTOWN — One Youngstown resident received an early birthday gift a bit larger than usual.

Michele Pollock, 56, who will celebrate her birthday at the end of January, was one of two in Ohio to claim a winning ticket for the top prize in the Ohio Lottery New Year’s Raffle game.

Pollock, who lives on the West Side of Youngstown, purchased her $1 million ticket at Dhillon Sun Merchant, 3605 Mahoning Ave. It was claimed in the Ohio Lottery’s Youngstown regional office. After taxes, totalling 31 percent, she will take home a lump sum check for $690,000.

Raul Vega Sotomayor, of Oxford, also filed a claim with the Cincinnati regional office.