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December 5, 2013                                                               (518) 388-3415

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$1,000,000 ticket sold in Monroe, Orange County

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. – Someone is holding a winning New York Powerball ticket worth $1 million, but it will soon expire. The ticket for the January 5, 2013 drawing was sold at Star Wines and Liquors, 475 Route 17M, in Monroe, Orange County.

“We are urging players to check their tickets because there is a $1 million winning Powerball ticket that will expire on January 5,” said Gardner Gurney, Acting Director of the Division of the Lottery. “We’re eager to award this large prize to the lucky winner and hope that person is making plans to claim it before it’s too late.”

The winning numbers from the January 5, 2013 Powerball drawing were 26 – 30 – 49 – 51 – 54 Powerball 25.  Prizes can be claimed up to a year after the drawing, which means the lucky winner has one month remaining to collect the $1 million Lottery prize.

Lottery officials recommend that the ticket holder sign the back of the ticket and contact them immediately at 518-388-0563.  The winner may claim the ticket at any one of the Lottery’s six Customer Service Centers statewide, including the Fishkill office at Hudson Valley Towne Center, 18 Westage Business Center, Fishkill, NY 12524. If you are holding the winning ticket,  click here to learn how to redeem your prize.

As is always the case, in the event the prize is not claimed by January 5, the prize money will be returned to the prize pool for future winners. It is used to subsidize prizes for jackpots, promotions and/or special one-time games.

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.