Retailers Sell 11 Top-Prize TAKE 5 Tickets
Two New York retailers sold winning tickets worth $3,085 each in the October 30 Evening TAKE 5 drawing.
Updated on Nov. 2, 2026 in Gambling
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New York Lottery reported that Greenridge Cards & Gifts in Staten Island and a 7-Eleven in Yorkshire sold top-prize TAKE 5 tickets in the October 30 Evening drawing. The two retailers accounted for 11 winning tickets worth a combined $33,935.
Why it matters
The winning tickets show how top prizes in TAKE 5 can be shared among several tickets matching all five numbers in the same drawing. Players statewide can see where winning tickets were sold as they check their own results.
New York Lottery data shows 11 top-prize tickets worth $3,085 each were sold statewide for the October 30 Evening TAKE 5 drawing, with 10 sold at one Yorkshire 7-Eleven. The lottery has not said whether those 10 tickets were held by one player or several.
The players
New York Lottery
The New York State agency that runs TAKE 5 and other draw games, with proceeds supporting public education.
The details
Greenridge Cards & Gifts sold one winning ticket matching all five numbers, while a 7-Eleven at 12223 Olean Road in Yorkshire sold 10. TAKE 5 players pick five numbers from 1 through 39 in drawings held twice daily at 2:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.
Timeline
October 30, 2026: TAKE 5 Evening drawing with top-prize winners sold statewide.
October 30, 2027: Deadline to claim prizes from the October 30 drawing.
Season Trajectory
The New York Lottery reported contributing $3.6 billion to public education in fiscal year 2025-2026, with draw games such as TAKE 5 among the revenue sources. Prize announcements like this one are part of that ongoing reporting cycle.
TAKE 5 drawings occur twice daily at 2:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m., so players can check results at those times. Winners of prizes from New York draw games have one year from the drawing date to claim them.
The takeaway
Players who hold New York TAKE 5 tickets from a recent drawing should check results and note the one-year claim deadline. The winning tickets show that top prizes can be split among several matching tickets in the same draw.
What happens next
Prizes from the October 30 drawing must be claimed by October 30, 2027, one year after the drawing date.
Further reading
For more on lottery draw games and prize rules, see Gambling coverage.
Source note: This article includes information reported by Shore News Network.
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