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February 21, 2014                                                                (518) 388-3415

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QUEENS, N.Y. – The New York Lottery today announced a top prize winning ticket for the February 19 Take Five drawing was sold in Queens at J & J News at 45-20 23^rd Street in Long Island City. The ticket is worth $24,762 and is one of three top prize winning tickets sold for the February 19 Take Five drawing.

The two other top prizes for the February 19 Take Five drawing, each worth $24,762, were sold in Brooklyn at Fulton Deli & Convenience at 707 Fulton Street and in the Bronx at SHS News at 3056 Buhre Avenue.

A significant winning ticket for the February 19 Lotto drawing was also sold in Brooklyn. The second prize Lotto ticket is worth $74,816 and was sold at MS Convenience at 8610 4^th Avenue in Brooklyn. 

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 ticket at any one of the Lottery’s Customer Service Centers statewide, including the Manhattan office at 15 Beaver Street, New York, NY 10004 and the Long Island office at 45 South Service Road, Plainview, NY 11803, or at Resorts World Casino New York City in Jamaica, Queens, or Empire City Casino in Yonkers. To learn more about how to redeem a prize, click here.

There was no jackpot winner for the February 19 Lotto drawing so the jackpot for Saturday’s drawing is now $11,400,000.

About the New York Lottery

The New York Lottery continues to be North America’s largest and most profitable Lottery, contributing $3.04 billion in fiscal year 2012-2013 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.