Goodbye ‘Yo-LAHNNN-da-Vega!’ A New York Lottery Queen Retires
The New York Times
Drawing out the syllables of her name with an exaggerated flair became Ms. Vega’s trademark and helped establish her as a New York institution.
“I’m Yo-LAHNNN-da Vega!”
That distinctive introduction is how Yolanda Vega, the face of the New York Lottery’s on-air drawings for over three decades, made, well, a name for herself.
But Ms. Vega, 66, is calling it quits as the evening diva of the state’s numbers drawings. The lottery announced her retirement this week on Twitter.
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