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November 3, 2014                                                                  (518) 388-3415

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 AUBURN, N.Y. – The New York Lottery today announced a top prize winning ticket for the November 2 TAKE 5 drawing was sold at Me Old Mans News at 57 North Division Street in Auburn. The ticket is worth $55,981.

In addition to the $55,981 top prize for the November 2 TAKE 5 drawing, which was won by matching five out of five numbers, 184 players each purchased $456 winning tickets by matching four out of five numbers for the drawing. In total, there were 76,525 TAKE 5 winners for the November 2 drawing.

The winning numbers for the November 2 TAKE 5 drawing were 10-12-14-24-38.

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 tickets 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 $3.17 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.