NYS Gaming Commission
May 19, 2015

New York Lottery Announces Winning Lotto Ticket Sold in Canton

Winning Ticket Sold at Price Chopper

New York State Gaming Commission, Division of the Lottery

Communications

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nylottery.ny.gov

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For Immediate Release – May 19, 2015

   CANTON, N.Y. – The New York Lottery today announced a winning second place prize ticket for the May 16 Lotto drawing was sold at Price Chopper at 111 East Main Street in Canton. The ticket is worth $247,630.

 

In addition to the $247,630 prize for the May 16 Lotto drawing, which was won by matching five out of six numbers plus the bonus number, there were a total of 19,894 Lotto winners across all prize levels other than the top prize.

 

The winning numbers for the May 16 Lotto drawing were 01-20-28-30-34-49, Bonus Number 07.

 

With no top prize winner for Saturday night’s drawing, the jackpot for Wednesday, May 20 is now $19.5 million, the biggest jackpot since April 10, 2013 when it was $26.5 million.

 

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 Vernon Downs Casino & Hotel, 4229 Stuhlman Road, Vernon, NY 13476 or at any one of the Lottery’s Customer Service Centers statewide, including the Lottery’s Syracuse office in the Deys Centennial Building, 401 South Salina Street, Syracuse, NY 13202. 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.









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