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Oswego Daily News

Saturday Night Poker Player Wins $1 Million NY Poker Lottery Jackpot

Gretchen Dizer, right, of the NYS Lottery, presents Charlene Hopkins with a check for $1 million Thursday at the Mexico Big M.

A craving for some chicken and a penchant for playing poker added up to $1 million recently for an Oswego County resident. Charlene Hopkins stopped at the Mexico Big between her two jobs to pick up some chicken for dinner and used the change to buy some lottery tickets. After scratching off the ticket for a million dollars, she never got around to cooking the chicken.

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