MALONE, N.Y. -- The New York Lottery today announced a top prize winning ticket for the December 6 TAKE 5 drawing was sold at Yando’s Store at 619 East Main Street in Malone. The winning ticket is worth $29,759.

A second top prize winning ticket also worth $29,759 was sold at Stewart’s Shops in Holland Patent, Oneida County.

In addition to the $29,759 top prize for the December 6 TAKE 5 drawing, which was won by matching five out of five numbers, 177 players each purchased winning tickets worth $504 by matching four out of five numbers for the drawing. In total, there were 82,408 TAKE 5 winners for the December 6 drawing.

The winning numbers for the December 6 TAKE 5 drawing were 04-05-12-26-32.

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 Schenectady office at One Broadway Center, Schenectady, NY 12305 or at Saratoga Casino & Raceway, 342 Jefferson Street, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. 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.