Cityfile: New York's Most Notable and Influential

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The Unluckiest Super | Richie Randazzo is the Park Avenue doorman who won the lottery, bought a new car, and picked up a twentysomething Swedish girlfriend who may or may not have been a prostitute. Today the Times meets up the unlikely loser in this story: Randazzo's pal, Ray Otero, the super at 106 East 85th Street who spends $30,000 a year on lottery tickets but has yet to win a major jackpot. But there's a silver lining! At least residents of the building now know that their Christmas tip money is funding state education. [NYT]

Household Help No More | Ira Rennert may be looking for some help around his Hamptons compound today. Degli and Maria Martinez, a husband and wife who served as live-in help at Rennert's 110,000-square-foot home, just quit their jobs after winning the largest jackpot in New York State lotto history. The winning ticket came out to $21 million as part of a lump sum payment, which is roughly what Rennert spends a year on gas for his fleet of jets and Hummers. [Page Six]

Richie Randazzo a Doorman No More | Richie Randazzo won the lottery, landed a model girlfriend, took a trip to Atlantic City, and then learned that his new girlfriend might be connected to a prostitution ring. It's been a busy few weeks for the now-former doorman at 1021 Park, who admitted today that the building dismissed him. Fortunately, buses to the Taj leave on the hour. [NYP]

A slow news week for the New York Post has turned into a very busy one for Mr. Richie Randazzo, the doorman at 1021 Park Avenue who won a $5 million jackpot back in June thanks to a lucky scratch-off ticket. On Tuesday, we learned that since landing his big pay day, Richie has been skipping work to hang out with a new prize, a youthful Swedish model by the name of Sabina Mari Johansson. Then yesterday the Post treated us to an extensive photo gallery of how Randazzo and Johansson pass the time these days. (In hot tubs in Atlantic City, apparently.) 

Doorman Lands a Model, May Lose Job | Remember Richie Randazzo, the Park Avenue doorman who collected $5 million thanks to a scratch-off lottery ticket? Richie's about to get fired from his job at 1021 Park: It seems he's been skipping out of work to play Blackjack in Atlantic City and for refusing to wear his uniform when he does show up. On the bright side, he's now dating a Swedish model and plans to collect unemployment if and when he gets the ax. [NYP]

Park Avenue doormen usually hit mini-jackpots come Christmas time, but now 1021 Park doorman Richie Randazzo has gone and won the real thing—the "Set for Life" scratch ticket he picked up last month landed him a $5 million payday. So what does he want to do with the money? He  says he now wants to move into the tony building where he's been hailing cabs, holding packages, and, yes, opening the door for residents for years. Now "I'll have the doorman open the door for me." More