I was capable of making $5,000 a day,” said Kubie, who doesn’t know how much he’s spent over the years on games. “I would buy and sell a stock 10, 20 times a day. He’s also spread out his wagers to casinos and the racetrack. The father of six hasn’t limited himself to lotto tickets. “So it’s not like the average person that puts down two and three dollars.” “I would play two, three, four, five hundred dollars a day,” Kubie said outside his Bensonhurst home. The 74-year-old, a former day trader, could afford to throw down stacks and stacks of cash on lottery games. The vast majority were in Brooklyn, where he lives. He cashed in on more than 400 tickets at 130 different locations. Jerry Kubie, meanwhile, won his $1.2 million on nearly 300 separate days. Jerry Kubie, 74, has won $1.2 million over nearly 300 separate days, mostly in his home borough of Brooklyn. He purchased his winners at more than 200 retailers. The Queens man won more than $1.7 million on 366 separate days from more than 530 tickets. However, no New York City players - not even Del Rio - won as many times as the late Lai Dick Fong. No living high-frequency winners brought in more money than Del Rio. The top city-based repeat winners scored victories at delis and bodegas across the five boroughs. All but two of his winnings come from two local spots, where workers estimated that he’s coughed up millions in the process. Stier, who declined comment, also shelled out enormous amounts of money to satisfy his lotto habit, retailers say. His winnings, which took place over 131 separate days, resulted in a total bonanza of $1.5 million. Stier won prizes of at least $600 more than 1,400 times over the eight-year period. No lottery player in the state has won more often than Randal Stier, 56, of Central Square near Syracuse. The lottery data examined was obtained through a public records request filed in July 2016. Park said in early May that the investigations into the three winners officially began in January and were likely to conclude in the “next few weeks.” “We have leadership that takes these issues seriously and has brought a renewed focus to them,” Park said. Park said the commission, which oversees the lottery, has been taking a harder look at winners in recent years. Last year, an Iowa lottery official was busted for rigging multiple jackpot drawings. have been found to be using the lottery to launder ill-gotten gains. Some repeat lottery winners in states like Florida and North Carolina have been found to be store clerks or retailers who have lied to customers to claim their winnings. Enrico (Chico) Del Rio of Washington Heights has scored lottery prizes of $600 or more an astounding 376 times between 2009 and last year.
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