Women have this love-hate relationship with food, we all know about it. It is almost emotional, and therefore they cannot help it. If they’re happy they will celebrate it with food and not just any type of food, usually that means high-calorie very chocolaty type of food. When they’re depressed food can practically take the place of their best friend, counselor, even lover. US lottery

 However for Lori Tangredi of Yonkers, Westchester County her daily stop for the morning caffeine rush on her way to work on September 30th meant a rainfall of cash. That day she decided that she would do something different, even though it might eventually go to her hips. She decided to spoil herself and buy a bagel to go with her coffee it and since she had already set her mind this day to start it by enjoying herself, it would do no harm to also try her luck on a Lottery ticket.

After leaving the deli, with no remorse for having kicked her diet but instead with a big smile of satisfaction, she headed to Odell Stationery on North Broadway and purchased a Wheel of Fortune scratch-off ticket and aimed at the stars. She aimed at winning the $1,000,000 jackpot prize. Lottery results

This instinct to enjoy her day from the start was what led Tangredi, a marketing assistant to be at the right place and at the right time to become an instant millionaire. “I basically blew my diet and I decided to go whole hog by adding a Lottery ticket,” said the 46-year-old mother of two. “I won the prize while buying my breakfast and claimed it on my lunch break. It was a good day!”

As is the case with most New York Lottery scratch-off games, the top prize on the Wheel of Fortune ticket is paid as an annuity. Tangredi will receive her $1,000,000 prize as $50,000 a year for 20 years. Her annual net check will be a total of $32,342.

After this win, Tangredi will be able to celebrate and pamper herself in all the ways she can ever imagine, her daily coffee and bagel included. However she has expressed that with this windfall luck she has just one priority in her mind as to what to do with her money. And that is, to help her children. Yes women might love food, but children come first.