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A 22-year old bar manager is Buffalo's newest millionaire. Buffalo native Lareecea Love got her lucky break with a ticket she bought at Pikes Peak Market on Fillmore Avenue on March 12.

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Lareecea will collect her prize as a 20 year annuity, which means she gets just over $34,000 a year after taxes.

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New millionaire in Buffalo

22-year-old gets lucky break on lottery ticket

Updated: Tuesday, 31 Mar 2009, 1:17 PM EDT
Published : Tuesday, 31 Mar 2009, 1:17 PM EDT

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) - A 22-year old bar manager is Buffalo's newest millionaire. Buffalo native Lareecea Love got her lucky break with a ticket she bought at Pikes Peak Market on Fillmore Avenue on March 12.
 
She scratched off the million dollar jackpot on the New York Lottery's Triple Diamonds game. She currently works at Lee's lounge on Fillmore Avenue.
 
She always had big dreams of owning her own home and opening a bar and restaurant or her own. Now those dreams can come true.

Lareecea will collect her prize as a 20 year annuity, which means she gets just over $34,000 a year after taxes.
 

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