Clinton Hill Market Sells $10K Lottery Ticket

Brooklyn resident wins money playing Mega Millions.

Posted Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 5:40 pm ET|Updated Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 5:47 pm ET

Aug. 31 was a lucky day for Brooklyn resident Earie McCord.

The New York State Lottery announced Monday that McCord had won $10,000 playing Mega Millions at Pratt Newsstand at 477 Myrtle Ave. in Clinton Hill.

To earn her prize, McCord picked four out of five numbers and the "Mega Ball" correctly.

The odds of doing so, according to Mega Millions?

1 in 689,065.

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