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Winning Lottery Ticket Purchased in New Rochelle

The winner has a year to claim the prize.

NEW ROCHELLE, NY - Quick, find that TAKE 5 ticket you bought for Thursday’s drawing.

A winning TAKE 5 lottery ticket was sold in New Rochelle.

The New York Lottery announced Friday a ticket worth $68,657 was purchased at the Shell Station at 400 Pelham Rd.

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The winning numbers, according to the state lottery system, for March 3 drawing were 01-18-21-34-36. The numbers were drawn from a set of 39 available numbers daily.

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The top prize is won by matching all five numbers. There were 172 winning second-prize tickets worth $598.50, and 84,598 tickets in total that won cash prizes for the March 3 drawing.

Tickets expire one year after the game’s drawing, lottery officials said.

The winner may claim the prize at Empire City Casino at Yonkers Raceway, 810 Yonkers Ave. in Yonkers, or any of the lottery’s customer service centers statewide, including the lottery’s Fishkill office 18 Westage Business Center, Hudson Valley Towne Center, Suite 6, in Fishkill, Dutchess County.

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