A Massapequa man won a $10,000 instant jackpot, state lottery officials said yesterday.
Jason Kolnberger claimed his money last week after buying the winning Money Ball Bingo Ticket at Tutal convenience store on Broadway.
The scratch off game, which is similar to a real bingo game requires players to scratch numbers from a "caller's card" and then scratch them off something resembling a bingo game card.
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The odds of winning $10,000 in the game are one in 420,000 according to state officials.
Mannan Matubber who manages the convenience store said Kolnberger received the shock of his life when he came in to check his tickets.
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"I said, 'come here, you're a big winner,'" Matubber said. "I told him, 'there's $10,000 in this machine.'"
"He was very happy, he shook my hand and said OK!"
Matubber said the store once had a $20,000 winner in another game, but he never knew who the ticket holder was.
But he described Kolnberger as "a regular customer."
Kolnberger could not immediately be reached for comment.
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