NYS Gaming Commission
January 15, 2016
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Steuben County Lottery Player Wins Big on Wednesday’s Powerball Drawing$50,000 tickets sold in Wayland |
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New York State Gaming Commission, Division of the Lottery Communications 518-388-3415 nylottery.ny.gov Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter For Immediate Release – January 15, 2016 In Wednesday’s $1.58 billion record-breaking Powerball jackpot, a Lottery player in Steuben County won $50,000 with a ticket sold at Wayland Food Mart at 2643 Route 21 North in Wayland. “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 winner may claim the ticket at Tioga Downs Casino at 2384 West River Road, Nichols, NY 13812 or any of the Lottery’s Customer Service Centers statewide, including the Syracuse office at 620 Erie Blvd. West, Syracuse, NY 13204. 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.
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. |
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