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December 15, 2014                                      Find us on Facebook and Twitter.

   YONKERS, N.Y. – The New York Lottery today announced a top prize winning ticket for the December 13 TAKE 5 drawing was sold at George’s Luncheonette at 160 Lockwood Avenue in Yonkers.  The ticket is worth $33,476.50.

   A second top prize winning ticket also worth $33,476.50 was sold at a 7-Eleven in Buffalo.

In addition to the two $33,476.50 top prizes for the December 13 TAKE 5 drawing, which was won by matching five out of five numbers, 219 players each purchased $458.50 winning tickets by matching four out of five numbers for the drawing.  In total, there were 87,445 TAKE 5 winners for the December 13 drawing.

The winning numbers for the December 13 TAKE 5 drawing were 06-08-16-33-36.

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 Empire City Casino at Yonkers Raceway at 810 Yonkers Avenue in Yonkers, NY 10704, or at one of the Lottery’s Customer Service Centers statewide, including the Lottery’s Fishkill office at 18 Westage Business Center, Hudson Valley Towne Center, Suite 6, Fishkill, NY 12524. 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.