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April 7, 2014                                                                             (518) 388-3415

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ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The New York Lottery today announced significant winning tickets were sold in Rochester for the April 5 Take Five drawing and in Mendon for the April 5 Lotto drawing.

• For the April 5 Take Five drawing, a top prize      ticket worth $18,516.50 was sold at the 7-Eleven at 233 East Ridge Road in      Rochester. The top prize was won by matching all five winning numbers for      the drawing. The winning numbers were 08-15-18-24-32.

• For the April 5 Lotto drawing, a second prize ticket      worth $22,520 was sold at the Mendon Supermarket at 51 Assembly Drive in      Mendon.  The second prize was won by      matching five out of six winning numbers and the bonus number. The winning      numbers were 03-06-09-19-31-41, bonus number 21.

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 Finger Lakes Gaming & Racetrack, 5857 Route 96 in Farmington, NY 14425, or at Batavia Downs Gaming, 8315 Park Road in Batavia, NY 14020 or at any one of the Lottery’s Customer Service Centers statewide, including the 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 $3.04 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.