Westchester Co-Workers Split $1M Lottery Haul

A team of Westchester co-workers are each $100,000 richer on the heels of a seven-digit lottery haul.

The prize—won from the March 23 Powerball drawing—will be split six ways among a group of co-workes from Micromold Engineered Plastics in Yonkers.

The winners are Rafael Castillo, 57, of Yonkers; Humberto Campeche, 43, of Mamaroneck; Julio Sandoval, 41, of Yonkers; Angelito Cruz, 66, of Yonkers; Hermilo Garcia, 39, of New Rochelle; and Zah Tsung Da, 74.

Some of the six have been playing the lottery together for 25 years, and each pitches in $5 when a handsome jackpot comes around.

Castillo was the lucky ticket buyer this time around, purchasing the numbers at Odell Wine & Liquor on Odell Avenue in Yonkers during his lunch break the day before the drawing.

After snagging the jackpot, the winners said their boss was concerned about losing a group of employees—but the winners said they plan to stick around.

"He thought we were all going to leave at once," Castillo said. "But we are all going to continue to work. The bills don't stop coming just because you win the lottery."

Castillo said he and the other winners will treat fellow employees to a special lunch.

"There are some people who had a chance to go in, but didn't," said Castillo. "We want to do something nice for everyone."

The $1,000,000 prize, after being split six ways amongst the group and after withholdings, totals $110,299.66 each for Campeche and Garcia, and $108,094.66 each for Cruz, Castillo, Zah and Sandoval.

The winners had their ceremonial check presetned at Empire City Casino in Yonkers Tuesday  morning.