Yes men are creatures of habit, someone said. It is almost as if treading the ground that we actually know is the best thing that could be done, after all that is what makes up our world. The place we live, the scenery we know from inside out, the same route to work and back home, the favorite restaurants and favorite shops. We simply keep going to the same places at the same time; almost as if by keeping up with that kind of rhythm it would give us a sensation of comfort and reassurance almost like a heartbeat. US lottery

However, sometimes getting out of that day-in and day-out circuit is good; after all we are not mere robots doing the same things over and over again. And thanks to a break out of her usual routine, Marilyn Garcia-John, a bank teller in her hometown of Port Chester became the third village resident so far this year to win a $1,000,000 top prize on a New York Lottery scratch-off game.

“I never play the Lottery but decided that day was going to be different,” she said. “I bought a Lottery ticket on the way home from work, which is highly unusual for me.”

The Dominican Republic native is not an avid lottery player and she has admitted that she forgot about the ticket until later that evening. “I was cleaning up from dinner when my eldest son saw it in my bag and started nagging me to play it,” explained the mother of three. “I scratched the ticket and then started looking for my glasses because I couldn’t believe my eyes.”

Garcia-John purchased her $1,000,000-winning Black Pearls ticket this summer at the Port Chester Mini Mart on Westchester Ave. She said she had a very practical reason for choosing the Black Pearls game. “My birthstone is a pearl,” she said. Lottery results

Also it needs to me noted that Marilyn is a devotee of Saint Anthony and whether you call it chance or coincidence or a sign from heaven, the numbers that came out in her ticket had a winning match with number 6 and the numbers she scratched corresponded to the feast day of this saint, which is 6-13.

“I pray to St. Anthony every day,” she said.

As with most scratch-off games, the top prize on the Black Pearls ticket is paid as $50,000 a year for 20 years. Garcia-John will receive an annual net check totaling $33,015 through 2030. As to what plans she has with this blessed windfall, she has expressed that some of it will go to her church and some will be destined for a college education for her children, and the rest will go to the bank, just for the time being.