Lottery: Winning Take 5 ticket sold in Huntington

It may not be the multimillions of Mega Millions and Powerball. But, chances are whoever bought the ticket with the winning numbers for Sunday night’s Take 5 drawing couldn’t care less.

The lone top-prize ticket, sold at Jericho Grocery & Convenience on East Jericho Turnpike in Huntington is worth a cool $54,385, according to the New York Lottery. The ticket matched the five winning numbers — 6, 10, 12, 20 and 32 — from the field of numbers from 1 to 39 drawn Sunday at 11:21 p.m., lottery officials said.

The ticket was the second jackpot winner sold on Long Island — and the second in Suffolk County — so far in August.

The other winner was for Saturday’s Take 5 drawing and was sold in Jamesport. That pot was split among four winners, however, according to the New York Lottery website.

For the Sunday night draw, 193 tickets had 4 of 5 correct numbers. Those were good for $422.50 each. Another 6,660 tickets had 3 of 5 correct numbers and were good for $20 each. The lottery website said an additional 69,959 tickets had 2 of 5 correct numbers and were good for one free ticket.

By John Valenti

john.valenti@newsday.com

John Valenti, a reporter at Newsday since 1981, has been honored nationally by the Associated Press and Society of the Silurians for investigative, enterprise and breaking news reporting, as well as column writing, and is the author of “Swee'pea,” a book about former New York playground basketball star Lloyd Daniels. Valenti is featured in the Emmy Award-winning ESPN 30-for-30 film “Big Shot.”