Winning Take 5 Lottery Ticket Sold in Central New York
Check your ticket! There's a lottery winner in Central New York.
It's not the 1.3 billion dollar Powerball. One winning ticket to the fourth-largest jackpot in history was sold in Oregon over the weekend. But there was a winner in Oswego County for the Take 5 drawing.
The winning Take 5 numbers Saturday, April 6 evening drawing were:
2-5-9-11-12
There were three winning tickets worth over $13,000 sold in New York. One in Suffolk County, another in Erie County, and a third in Oswego County at the Walmart Supercenter on East Avenue in Central Square.
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Don't Fall For Lottery Scams
Several lottery scams are going around you should be aware of. They have different names but all have the same intent - promising big prizes in official-looking emails or texts if certain fees are paid.
There is no “Mega Millions sweepstake international lottery program,” no “Mega Million Jackpot Winners List,” and no “Mega Millions International Lottery.”
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Only Way to Win is to Buy a Ticket
The only way to hit a lottery jackpot is to buy a ticket and match some or all of the winning numbers.
Winners never have to pay any fees to claim a real lottery prize. If you are asked to pay money, it is a scam.
You can check all winning numbers at Nylottery.ny.gov.
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