Vega and her delivery charmed viewers for decades.
“I love my job,” she said. “I love giving away millions of dollars and announcing the numbers on TV. I love it passionately.”In addition to reading the numbers for eager ticketholders at home, she presented prize checks to winners throughout the state.
Yolanda Vega presents Michael Shepard with a ceremonial check in Utica, New York after he won on a supermarket scratch-off ticket. She traveled the state presenting the checks and interviewing lottery winners.“I went in and I said ‘I’m Yolaaaanda Vega,’ and the director or producer who was timing it all said ‘What are you doing?But Vega’s delivery proved to be the best use of her time, endearing her to countless New Yorkers and people all over the area.