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October 28, 2014                                                                     (518) 388-3415

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 YONKERS, N.Y. – The New York Lottery today announced a top prize winning ticket for the October 25 TAKE 5 drawing was sold at Yonkers Gas & Convenience at 1230 Nepperhan Avenue in Yonkers. The ticket is worth $70,718.50.

 This is the second top prize winning TAKE 5 ticket sold in Westchester County in the past several weeks. For the October 19 TAKE 5 drawing, a top prize winning ticket worth $60,015.50 was sold at Lake Street Fuel at 43 Lake Street in White Plains.

In addition to the $70,718.50 top prize for the October 25 TAKE 5 drawing, which was won by matching five out of five numbers, 186 players each purchased $570 winning tickets by matching four out of five numbers for the drawing. In total, there were 90,134 TAKE 5 winners for the October 25 drawing.

The winning numbers for the October 25 TAKE 5 drawing were 01-14-21-28-34.

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 Empire City Casino at Yonkers Raceway at 810 Yonkers Avenue in Yonkers, NY 10704, or at one of the Lottery’s Customer Service Centers statewide, including the Lottery’s Fishkill office at 18 Westage Business Center, Hudson Valley Towne Center, Suite 6, Fishkill, NY 12524. 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.