Brooklynites win millions in lottery scratch-offs

Bensonhurst resident Geraldine Pollice, 45, couldn’t believe her eyes when she saw the six zeroes on her Maximum Millions ticket, purchased at the Smoke Stax III store on 18^th Avenue in April. “I saw a match on the number 38 and then all the zeroes and thought, this can’t be true,” she said. “I couldn’t believe it because I didn’t have my glasses.”

But it was true. She and her husband Fredinando, 46, are now millionaires, splitting the $5 million prize money—just over $3 million after taxes—which they plan to invest in a new car, home and retirement savings.

Bay Ridge 21-year-old Euglen Muslli also won a jackpot, claiming the lump sum of his $1,500 A Week For Life winnings, which totals $740,626 after taxes. The Albania native described the win as another part of his American dream-come-true. “It was my dream to have. . . a lot of money to spend on things I want. I never thought it would actually happen,” he said.

Muslli plans to use his winnings to help family, buy a house and potentially open an Italian restaurant.