STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — One lucky Staten Islander is bringing home over $16,000 after pulling a top-prize lottery ticket at a local liquor store.
On Feb. 9, 2026, a winning TAKE 5 ticket worth $16,248.50 was sold at Amboy Liquors Wine World, found at 4334 Amboy Rd.
The identity of the winner has not been revealed, so check your tickets!
TAKE 5 numbers are drawn from a field of one through 39. To win the TAKE 5 jackpot, match the five numbers on your ticket to the winning five-number combination drawn. It costs $1 per game to play.
The drawing is broadcast on television twice daily at 2:30 and 10:30 p.m. TAKE 5 players with midday and evening draws on the same ticket must check their numbers at nylottery.ny.gov to determine if they have the winning numbers for the corresponding midday or evening drawing.
The odds of winning the TAKE 5 jackpot? One in 575,757.
Players can securely check their tickets on the New York Lottery app.
Jackpot.com brings the lottery to your fingertips. Order your official New York Lottery tickets online with ease and safety.
The New York Lottery continues to be touted as North America’s largest and most profitable lottery, contributing $3.8 billion in Lottery Aid to Education for fiscal year 2023-2024 to help support education in New York state.
New York Lottery revenue is distributed to local school districts by the same statutory formula used to distribute other state aid to education. It takes into account both a school district’s size and its income level; larger, lower-income school districts receive proportionately larger shares of lottery school funding.
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