GOTTA QUIT LOTTO!

$245M win is enough

It’s one and done for $245.6 million Powerball winner Nandlall Mangal.

“I’m not going to play Lotto anymore,” the 42-year-old carpenter from Staten Island told the Daily News. “It’s time for someone else to win.”

Mangal (inset), who says he’s played the lottery “at least 50 times” without winning anything, opted for a lump-sum payment that will give him $99,321,975.

The winning ticket was purchased at Stop & Shop on Hylan Blvd. in New Dorp on Aug. 11. It sat unclaimed while he was out of town. It wasn’t until Mangal — who spent $10 on tickets and didn’t choose his own numbers — logged onto his computer that he realized he was suddenly a very rich man.

“It sat on my kitchen table for a week. I don’t check the tickets that often. Who thinks they’re going to win the lottery?” he said.

The winning numbers were 5, 43, 56, 62, 68 and 24.

“I couldn’t believe it,” he said. “I can’t explain that feeling. The things that go through your mind …. You realize you got the winning ticket and you’re like, ‘Wow I can’t believe it’s me.’ It’s just a weird feeling. You’re nervous, you’re excited, you’re a bunch of emotions.”

Mangal went to work the next day as usual, and didn’t tell any of his co-workers the big news.

“I checked (the ticket), put it away, checked it the next day and put it in a safety deposit box,” he said. “I put it in a white envelope in the glove box. I didn’t want it to fly out the window.”

Mangal only went public with the winning ticket because state law required him to do so. He says he’s not a “flashy” guy and by the sounds of it, plans to stay that way.

Mangal, who was raised in Brooklyn and has lived on Staten Island for 11 years, plans to continue living on Staten Island. “I’m going to invest some, pay off my bills, my debts.

I’m pretty sure at some time, I’ll buy a new car,” said Mangal, who would not reveal if he is married or single. “I always wanted to travel, so I’m pretty sure I’m going to travel. I would like to go to Hawaii.”

Mangal became the 91st New York Lottery player to collect a prize of at least $1 million in 2018.

Larry Di Antonio, the manager of the store that sold the winning ticket, made sure Mangal wasn’t the only winner.

“We wanted to pay it forward and keep the good luck flowing on Staten Island, so with the $10,000 commission, we donated it to Project Hospitality, the largest food and soup kitchen on Staten Island,” Di Antonio said.