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July 7, 2014                                                                         (518) 388-3415

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WATERTOWN, N.Y. – The New York Lottery today announced a top prize winning ticket for the July 5 TAKE 5 drawing was sold at Valentine Nice N Easy at 19221 Route 11 in Watertown. The ticket is worth $21,502.50.

This is the second winning TAKE 5 ticket sold in Watertown in the past few weeks. 

For the June 24, 2014 TAKE 5 drawing, a top prize winning ticket worth $32,145.50 was sold at the Sunoco Gas Station at 1222 Washington Street in Watertown.

For the July 5 drawing, two other top prize winning tickets, each worth $21,502.50, were sold in Pelham, Suffolk County and in the Bronx.

In addition to the $21,502.50 top prize for the July 5 TAKE 5 drawing, which was won by matching five out of five numbers, 174 players each purchased $556.00 winning tickets by matching four out of five numbers for the drawing.  

The winning numbers for the July 5 TAKE 5 drawing were 12-22-23-36-37.

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 or at Vernon Downs Casino and Hotel, 4229 Stuhlman Road, Vernon, NY 13476. 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.