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December 10, 2014                                       Find us on Facebook and Twitter.

   ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The New York Lottery today announced a top prize winning ticket for the December 9 TAKE 5 drawing was sold at Wegmans at 3701 Mount Read Blvd. in Rochester. The ticket is worth $30,227.50.

In addition to the $30,227.50 top prize for the December 9 TAKE 5 drawing, which was won by matching five out of five numbers, 219 players each purchased $414 winning tickets by matching four out of five numbers for the drawing. In total, there were 81,520 TAKE 5 winners for the December 9 drawing.

The winning numbers for the December 9 TAKE 5 drawing were 07-09-24-34-37.

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 Finger Lakes Gaming & Racetrack, 5857 Route 96 in Farmington, NY 14425 or Batavia Downs Gaming, 8315 Park Road in Batavia, NY 14020, or any one of the Lottery’s Customer Service Centers statewide. To learn more about how to redeem a prize, click here.

The five winning numbers for TAKE 5 are drawn from the set of 39 available numbers every day at 11:21 p.m.  To download the free winning numbers app, click here.

   About the New York Lottery

The New York Lottery continues to be North America’s largest and most profitable Lottery, contributing $3.17 billion in fiscal year 2013-2014 to help support education in New York State.  The Lottery’s contribution represents 15 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.

  About the New York State Gaming Commission

The New York State Gaming Commission regulates all aspects of gaming and gambling activity in the state, including horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering, class III Indian gaming, video lottery terminal facilities at race tracks, the state lottery and charitable gaming.