A Sea Cliff mother and her children hit the largest Lotto jackpot ever - $58 million - awarded to a single ticket holder in New York, state lottery officials announced yesterday in Melville.

The [Mary McCauley] family has been playing Lotto together since 1978, a four-times weekly ritual that has brought together mother Mary, 75, and her three children: Edwin, 51, also of Sea Cliff; Nancy, 48, of Las Vegas; and Jayne, 42, of Putnam Valley, N.Y.

Photos by Julia Xanthos - 1) Mary McCauley, left, and her family are presented with checks totaling $58 million in Melville yesterday from the May 26 New York Lotto drawing. 2) [Arlene Mooney] shows off her $2-million check. 3) Photo by Julia Xanthos - Mary McCauley (COVER)