ALBANY, N.Y. -- The New York Lottery today announced a top prize winning ticket for the October 12 TAKE 5 drawing was sold at Emils News at 99 Washington Avenue in Albany. The winning ticket is worth $69,413.

In addition to the $69,413 top prize for the October 12 TAKE 5 drawing, which was won by matching five out of five numbers, 267 players each purchased winning tickets worth $389.50 by matching four out of five numbers for the drawing. In total, there were 93,143 TAKE 5 winners for the October 12 drawing.

The winning numbers for the October 12 TAKE 5 drawing were 02-04-13-33-39.

The Lottery encourages everyone who bought a New York Lottery draw game ticket, to check their tickets again, as they could be holding a winner. Tickets expire one year after the game’s drawing.

The winners may claim the tickets at any one of the Lottery’s Customer Service Centers statewide, including the Schenectady office at One Broadway Center, Schenectady, NY 12305 or at Saratoga Casino & Raceway, 342 Jefferson Street, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. To learn more about how to redeem a prize, click here.

About the New York Lottery

The New York Lottery continues to be North America’s largest and most profitable Lottery, contributing $3.11 billion in fiscal year 2014-2015 to help support education in New York State.  The Lottery’s contribution represents 14 percent of total state education aid to local school districts. 

New York Lottery revenue is distributed to local school districts by the same statutory formula used to distribute other state aid to education.  It takes into account both a school district’s size and its income level; larger, lower-income school districts receive proportionately larger shares of Lottery school funding.