In what appears to be a nice blend of karma and luck, a Long Island man who has helped numerous Hurricane Sandy victims won $1 million on a New York Lottery scratch-off ticket, NBC New York reports.
Tony Auriemma, of Greenlawn, N.Y., would have been on an annual hunting trip on Nov. 18, the day he purchased the Color of Money lotto ticket, NBC noted, but he had too many service calls because of the hurricane.
Auriemma said he won't be quitting his job as a plumber. Although he has worked 12-hour days, seven days a week, to replace storm-ruined boilers, more customers are in need. "To see the smiles on their faces when I give them hot water and heat, it's like they won the million dollars," Auriemma told NBC.
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