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October 28, 2014                                                                   (518) 388-3415

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 NEW HYDE PARK, N.Y. – The New York Lottery today announced two top prize winning tickets for the October 24 and October 26 TAKE 5 drawings were sold in Nassau County.

 For the October 24 drawing, a top prize winning ticket worth $40,153 was sold at the Little Italy Variety Store at 288 Glen Street in Glen Cove. For the October 26 drawing, a top prize winning ticket worth $29,982 was sold at the 7-Eleven at 159 Atlantic Avenue in New Hyde Park.

In addition to the two top prizes, which were won by matching five out of five numbers, 204 players each purchased $590 winning tickets by matching four out of five numbers for the October 24 drawing, and 230 players each purchased $391 winning tickets for the October 26 drawing. In total, there were 184,303 TAKE 5 winners for both drawings.

The winning numbers for the October 24 TAKE 5 drawing were 09-26-28-33-37. The winning numbers for the October 26 TAKE 5 drawing were 04-07-22-24-32.

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 their 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.

 About the New York Lottery

The New York Lottery continues to be North America’s largest and most profitable Lottery, contributing $3.17 billion in fiscal year 2013-2014 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.