New York State Gaming Commission, Division of the Lottery

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For Immediate Release – January 15, 2016

In Wednesday’s $1.58 billion record-breaking Powerball jackpot, Lottery players in Erie and Niagara counties won $200,000 with four winning tickets sold for $50,000 each.

The Erie County tickets were sold at:

• Prime Stop at 755 East Delavan Avenue in Buffalo
• Noco Express Shop at 1555 North French Road in Getzville
• Tops Markets at 3870 Harlem Road in Cheektowaga

The Niagara County ticket was sold at the 7-Eleven at 2620 Niagara Street in Niagara Falls.

“While no one hit the jackpot prize, New Yorkers are vastly richer thanks to Wednesday’s historic Powerball drawing,” said Gardner Gurney, Director of the Division of the Lottery. “From Montauk Point to Niagara Falls and from Plattsburgh to Jamestown, two million prizes totaling over $18.8 million dollars were won in New York.”

The Lottery encourages everyone who buys 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 Buffalo office at 165 Genesee Street, Buffalo, NY 14203 or at Hamburg Gaming at the Fairgrounds at 5820 South Park Avenue, Hamburg, NY 14075. To learn more about how to redeem a prize, click here.

This history-making Powerball jackpot skyrocketed sales statewide to $258.9 million for drawings leading up to and including Wednesday’s record jackpot drawing. Since this Powerball jackpot began on November 7, New Yorkers buying Powerball tickets have contributed more than $90.63 million in aid to education.

Powerball is played in 44 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Prior to this jackpot, the largest Powerball jackpot was $590.5 million won in Florida in May 2013.

About the New York Lottery

The New York Lottery continues to be North America’s largest and most profitable Lottery, contributing $3.11 billion in fiscal year 2014-2015 to help support education in New York State.  The Lottery’s contribution represents 14 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.