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May 4, 2009-Did you buy a Lottery ticket for the Mega Millions drawing held on Tuesday, April 28, 2009? If so, you could be $250,000 richer today. The New York Lottery today announced one lucky Lottery player who purchased a ticket for the April 28th Mega drawing came up one number short of winning the jackpot, but still managed to win a hefty $250,000 second prize.
The ticket, sold at the Mian Getty station at 3060 Broadway in Rotterdam, Schenectady County, was one of two second-prize winning wagers placed in New York for Tuesday's Mega Millions jackpot, which continues to roll, now standing at $220 million for Friday's drawing. To celebrate the sale of the winning ticket, Lottery customers who purchase $20 in Mega Millions tickets at the Mian Getty between Thursday, April 29 and Wednesday, May 6th will receive a free Lottery gift.
The winning numbers from the Tuesday, April 28, 2009 Mega Millions drawing were:
15 - 20 - 24 - 36 - 44
Mega Ball 6
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 $2.54 billion in fiscal year 2008-09 to help support education in New York State, over 12 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 $36.7 billion in education support statewide since its founding over 40 years ago.
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