Mejia lottery

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PRINCETON -- Pasta maker Melvin Mejia left work for a breath of fresh air one day and came back a millionaire.

The Princeton resident and father of four, who makes pasta at a small deli on Route 206, recently won $1 million in a $10 instant lottery ticket that he bought from Krauszer's Food Store on State Road, the New Jersey Lottery said Thursday.

Mejia loves to play instant lottery games but it wasn't until one day, when he was taking a break from work, that he decided to walk next door to the food store and bought what would be a winning 50X the Cash ticket, the statement said.

The pasta maker told the New Jersey Lottery that he plans to use the money to buy a house for his family and take his wife and children on a vacation to Florida.

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