BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The New York Lottery today announced two top prize winning tickets for the October 31 and November 1 TAKE 5 drawings were sold at two different locations in Erie County. The winning ticket for the October 31 drawing is worth $25,439 and the winning ticket for the November 1 drawing is worth $28,935.

The winning tickets were sold at:

• Noco Express Shop, 8925 Main Street, Clarence – October 31 drawing
• Tops Markets, 3500 Main Street, Amherst – November 1 drawing

In addition to the $25,439 top prize for the October 31 TAKE 5 drawing, which was won by matching five out of five numbers, 404 players each purchased winning tickets worth $283 by matching four out of five numbers for the drawing. For the November 1 TAKE 5 drawing, 281 players each purchased winning tickets worth $308.50 by matching four out of five numbers. In total, there were 205,784 TAKE 5 winners for the October 31 and November 1 drawings.

The winning numbers for the October 31TAKE 5 drawing were 03-07-09-10-14. The winning numbers for the November 1TAKE 5 drawing were 11-21-22-27-31.

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 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

The five winning numbers for TAKE 5 are drawn from the set of 39 available numbers every day at 11:21 p.m. 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 $3.11 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.