By JOHN ANDERSON
It’s not the $10 million prize that was won in Wellsville or the $5 million scratch off, but a nice haul was made with a $371, 254 Take 5 New york State Lottery winner in Andover.
The drawing took place Monday, Nov. 10 and the winning ticket was purchased at Steve’s Gas N Grub Hub on 41 S. Main Street in Andover.
The midday drawing for Take 5 on Monday was 19, 24, 26, 28, 29 and the evening drawing for Take 5 was 9, 20, 22, 33, 37. The winner may have been the night winner as payments went out for the middays tickets (one person matched five and won totalled $17,736). Also in that drawing, 83 people watched 4-of-5 numbers and won $320.50.
In the span of two weeks in October of 2012 we had a second place $1 million prize on Powerball and a $1 million scratch off lottery ticket winner. Those were purchased in Wellsville and Scio.
The way the game works is, the customer will choose five numbers from 1 to 39 or use the Quick Pick option for random numbers. The tickets are $1 each.
Can you win more than that? Here is what Samantha Herscher from the New York State Lottery said:
“The Mega Millions jackpot won’t quit. After Friday night’s drawing produced no grand prize winner, the pot has swelled to an estimated $900 million for Tuesday, November 11. That’s $415.3 million if you take the cash option. No ticket matched all six numbers on November 8: white balls 16, 21, 23, 48, and 70, plus gold Mega Ball 5. The jackpot keeps climbing.”
Here are some past stories on local lottery winners that appeared in the Sun:
