College student hits Sweet Million

  Eyewitness News

LONG ISLAND (WABC) -- Twenty-one-year-old Michael Sanchez is the new millionaire-on-campus.

The El Salvador native is Long Island's first-ever $1,000,000 winner on the New York Lottery's new Sweet Million draw game.

Sanchez is enrolled at Nassau Community College as a Liberal Arts major with dreams of becoming a nurse.

He said he's excited about his win, but doesn't think his new millionaire status will go to his head.

With that advice in mind, Sanchez said his plans for his $1,000,000 cash prize were practical for the most part.

"Winning the Lottery has given me the opportunity to do the things I would not have otherwise been able to do, like help out my mom (with the mortgage) and visit Mexico to see the ruins. I don't want to focus on materials things."

Sanchez purchased his $1,000,000 winning Sweet Million ticket on October 5th during a routine stop for gas at the Joe Fuel store on Newbridge Road in Hicksville.

You can see the Sweet Million drawings on 7online.com every Monday and Thursday after 9:30 p.m. (CLICK HERE TO BOOKMARK IT!)

To win the $1,000,000 top prize, players must match six winning numbers drawn from a field of 40. Other prize levels for the game include: match five of six numbers, win $500; match four of the six numbers, win $40; and match three of six winning numbers, win $3.

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