November 10, 2009-Henry Zetwick of Brooklyn won $500,000 playing the Lottery’s Pick 10 game.
 
“Pick 10 is one of my favorite Lottery games.  I usually choose my own numbers but this time I decided to buy a Quick Pick ticket and I won,” said Zetwick, who works for Verizon.  He purchased his winning PICK 10 ticket at Optimo Convenience Store, 4019 13th Ave., Brooklyn.

To win the Pick 10 top prize, players must match 10 of 20 numbers drawn from a field of 80.  The $500,000 jackpot is paid in a lump sum, less required tax withholdings.  The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 8,911,711.  Overall odds of winning a prize are 1 in 17.

The 20 winning numbers selected for the Monday, November 2, 2009 PICK 10 drawing were:

1, 3, 6, 11, 14, 16, 18, 20, 29, 38,
39, 41, 47, 50, 52, 57, 60, 62, 67, 72

Zetwick’s 10 winning numbers were:

11, 16, 18, 20, 39, 41, 52, 57, 67, 72

The New York Lottery continues to be North America's largest and most profitable Lottery, earning more than $36.7 billion in education support statewide since its founding over 40 years ago. The Lottery contributed nearly $2.54 billion in fiscal year 2008-09 to help support education in New York State, which was over 12 percent of total state education funding to local school districts. The Lottery's ongoing commitment to education also includes the awarding of more than 1,100 Leaders of Tomorrow (LOT) Scholarships annually to high school students pursuing their higher education in New York State. Since 1999, the Lottery has awarded more than 11,500 scholarships representing a total commitment of almost $50 million.