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February 3, 2015                                            Find us on Facebook and Twitter.

WEST SENECA, N.Y. – Someone is starting off 2015 a lot richer with a winning New York Lottery ticket worth at least $7,000,000. The Wegmans at 370 Orchard Park Road in West Seneca sold the sole top-prize winning ticket for the February 2 Cash4Life drawing.

The winning numbers for the February 2 Cash4Life drawing were 04 08 17 20 21 and Cash Ball 04.

The February 2 Cash4Life drawing resulted in a total of 75,416 players in New York winning cash prizes ranging from $2 to the top prize of $1,000 a Day for Life. Of that total, 636 players won cash prizes ranging from $100 to $2,500.

Another lucky Rochester-area Wegmans store (2200 Ridge Road in Rochester) recently sold a $3,000,000 Supercash ticket, won by the Falvo family of Irondequoit.

The Lottery encourages everyone who bought a New York Lottery Cash4Life ticket to check their tickets again as they could be holding a winner. Tickets expire one year after the game’s drawing.

The Cash4Life game is an exclusive multistate draw game offering players in New York and New Jersey two chances for lifetime prizes with the purchase of a single $2 ticket. Drawings are held on Mondays and Thursdays with the next drawing on February 5.  

The Cash4Life game requires players to select five numbers from one to 60 and a Cash Ball number from one to four. The top prize for matching the first five numbers plus the Cash Ball is $1,000 a Day for Life. The second prize for matching only the first five numbers drawn is $1,000 a Week for Life. Additional cash prizes range from $2 to $2,500. All prizes may be reduced if total payouts at a particular prize level exceed predetermined liability levels. Odds of winning the $1,000 a Day for Life prize are 1:21.8 million. The odds of winning the $1,000 a Week for Life prize are 1:7.28 million. Overall odds are 1:8.

Additional information on the Cash4Life game can be found on the New York Lottery’s Website at www.nylottery.ny.gov .

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.