For Immediate Release:                                      Contact:  Communications Office

May 2, 2014                                                                        (518) 388-3415

                                                                             Find us on Facebook and Twitter.

GLEN HEAD, N.Y. – The New York Lottery today announced two top prize winning tickets were sold in Nassau County for the April 25 and April 27 Take Five drawings.

• A top prize TAKE 5 ticket worth $19,703 was      sold for the April 25 drawing at Perfect Pharmacy at 524 South Broadway in      Hicksville.  In addition to three      other top prizes won on this game on Friday across the state, 314 players      each purchased $376.00 winning tickets by matching four out of five      numbers for the April 25 drawing. 

• Another top prize TAKE 5 ticket worth $60,094.50 was      sold for the April 27 drawing at the KG Cards Gift & Art Gallery at 33      Park Plaza in Glen Head. In addition to the top prize, 182 players each      purchased $495.00 winning tickets by matching four out of five numbers for      the April 27 drawing. 

The winning numbers for the April 25 drawing were 02-13-17-27-31. The winning numbers for the April 27 TAKE 5 drawing were 05-06-07-33-38.

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 Long Island office at 45 South Service Road, Plainview, NY 11803 and the Manhattan office at 15 Beaver Street, New York, NY 10004, 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.

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.