MERRICK, N.Y. -- The New York Lottery today announced a top prize winning ticket for the September 29 TAKE 5 drawing was sold at the Waldbaum’s at 1686 Merrick Road in Merrick. The winning ticket is worth $63,699.50.

In addition to the $63,699.50 top prize for the September 29 TAKE 5 drawing, which was won by matching five out of five numbers, 227 players each purchased winning tickets worth $420.50 by matching four out of five numbers for the drawing. In total, there were 89,183 TAKE 5 winners for the September 29 drawing.

The winning numbers for the September 29 TAKE 5 drawing were 09-11-28-29-36.

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 any one of the Lottery’s Customer Service Centers statewide, including the Long Island office at 45 South Service Road, Plainview, NY 11803 or at Resorts World Casino New York City, 110-00 Rockaway Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11420. 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 $3.11 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.