Long Island City Bus Driver Wins $250,000 Mega Millions Second Prize

Schenectady, NY- Herbert Hill of Long Island City, Queens County, recently collected his $250,000 second prize for matching the first five numbers in New York's Mega Millions drawing held on August 29, 2008. Hill was one of two Mega Millions players from New York to win the $250,000 second prize.

Hill works as a bus driver for MV Transportation based in Brooklyn. He has no immediate plans for his prize.

Hill purchased his winning ticket at Express News Service, 4211 Broadway, Manhattan.

The winning numbers for New York's Mega Millions drawing for Friday, August 29, 2008 were:

21 25 26 50 51

Mega Ball 22

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