HIGHLAND, N.Y. -- The New York Lottery today announced a $5,000 winning ticket for the April 21 Mega Millions drawing was sold at Rite Aid at 3732 Route 9W in Highland. The ticket was one of five $5,000 winning tickets sold for the April 21 drawing. 

The additional $5,000 tickets were sold at:

• Johnson’s Stationary, 4 East Main Street, Elmsford, Westchester County

• Elm Liquor,126 Elm Street, Yonkers, Westchester

• King Kullen, 231 West Merrick Road, Valley Stream, Nassau County

• King Kullen, 25 Eastport Manor Road, Eastport, Suffolk County

The $5,000 third prize was won by matching four out of five numbers plus the Mega Ball. A $1,000,000 second prize, won by matching five out of five numbers, was sold at Liquor On 56 Church, Inc., at 5614 Church Avenue in Brooklyn. 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 Fishkill office at 18 Westage Business Center, Hudson Valley Towne Center, Suite 6, Fishkill, NY 12524. 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.