For Immediate Release:                                      Contact:  Communications Office

March 10, 2014                                                                    (518) 388-3415

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SEAFORD, N.Y. – The New York Lottery today announced significant winning tickets were sold in Seaford and Glen Head for the March 8 Lotto drawing. 

• A top prize ticket worth $13,000,000      was sold at the Citgo at 570 Hicksville Road in Seaford.
• A second prize ticket      worth $15,355 was sold at KG Cards Gift & Art Gallery at 33 Park Plaza      in Glen Head. 

The winning numbers for the March 8 Lotto drawing were 02-10-15-31-34-56 and the Bonus number 14.

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 ticket at any one of the Lottery’s Customer Service Centers statewide, including the Long Island office at 45 South Service Road, Plainview, NY 11803 or the Manhattan office at 15 Beaver Street, New York, NY 10004. 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 $3.04 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.