NYS Gaming Commission
April 22, 2015
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$1 Million Mega Millions Ticket Sold in BrooklynFour additional $5,000 tickets sold in Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester counties |
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BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- The New York Lottery today announced a $1,000,000 second prize winning ticket for the April 21 Mega Millions drawing was sold at Liquor On 56 Church, Inc., at 5614 Church Avenue in Brooklyn.
In addition, four third place winning tickets each worth $5,000 were sold at:
The $1,000,000 second prize, purchased as a Quick Pick ticket, was won by matching five out of five numbers. The $5,000 third prize was won by matching four out of five numbers plus the Mega Ball. An additional prize worth $2,500, won by matching four out of five numbers and using the Megaplier feature, was sold at Z & J United Deli Grocery at 730 Nereid Avenue in the Bronx. In total, there were 132,485 Mega Millions winners for the April 21 drawing.
The winning numbers for the April 21 Mega Millions drawing were 31-33-35-41-69 and Mega Ball 11.
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 Manhattan office at 15 Beaver Street, New York, NY 10004, the Long Island office at 45 South Service Road, Plainview, NY 11803 or at Resorts World Casino New York City, 110-00 Rockaway Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11420. To learn more about how to redeem a prize, click here.
The Mega Millions drawings take place on Tuesdays and Fridays. To download the free winning numbers app, 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. |
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