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Lottery Ready To Pay $6.5 Million To 26 Second Prize Ticket Holders Statewide
March 5, 2009-Schenectady, NY - The New York Lottery is encouraging players who purchased a Mega Millions ticket during the most recent jackpot roll up which culminated in Tuesday’s drawing for $212 million to check those tickets closely as they may be worth up to $250,000.
“Our records show there were 26 second-prize winning Mega Millions tickets sold in New York during the Mega Millions roll up that began January 16, 2009, including five from last night’s drawing alone,” said New York Lottery Director Gordon Medenica. “Each of those second-place prizes is worth $250,000 to the lucky ticket holder.”
The list of retail locations where the 26 second-prize winning tickets were sold includes:
- Foxy’s Pet Foods & Supplies, Limestone, Cattaraugus County (Quick Pick)
- Getty Gas, East Islip, Suffolk County
- Pragat Pramuk Swami, Yonkers, Westchester County
- Luis Liquors, NYC, New York County (Quick Pick)
- Ridgewood Andy’s Deli, Ridgewood, Queens County (Quick Pick)
- Mid Town News, NYC, New York County (Quick Pick)
- Finch’s Drugs, Rye Brook, Westchester County (Quick Pick)
- King Kullen, Northport, Suffolk County (Quick Pick)
- Grace Grocery, Bayside, Queens (Quick Pick)
- V A News, NYC, New York County
- Roma Deli, Glendale, Queens County
- QK Stop/Bellport Convenience, Bellport, Suffolk County (Quick Pick)
- Kamlesh, Long Island City, Queens County (Quick Pick)
- 7-Eleven, Brooklyn, Kings County (Quick Pick)
- 7-Eleven, Rocky Point, Suffolk County (Quick Pick)
- Crater Candy Store, Astoria, Queens County (Quick Pick)
- 7-Eleven, Freeport, Nassau County
- Montgomery Valero, Rock Tavern, Orange County (Quick Pick)
- RVP Gas Corporation, Brooklyn, Kings County
- Island Convenience, Brooklyn, Kings County
- Green Province, Bronx, Bronx County
- Waldbaum’s, East Hampton, Suffolk County (Quick Pick)
- Garafolo Importing, Oswego, Oswego County (Quick Pick)
- Northside Pegasus, Brockport, Monroe County
- Cluster Pines, Dundee, Yates County (Quick Pick)
- A-Plus, Central Valley, Orange County (Quick Pick)
Mega Millions second-prize ticket holders may claim their prize at one of 15 Lottery Customer Service Centers statewide. Prizes of $600 or less may be collected at any one of the Lottery’s 16,000 retail locations statewide.
The New York Lottery contributed nearly $2.6 billion in fiscal year 2007-08 to help support education in New York State, over 13 percent of total state education funding to local school districts. The New York Lottery continues to be North America’s largest and most profitable Lottery, earning over $34.2 billion in education support statewide since its founding over 40 years ago. |
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