Lottery: $61,515 Take 5 winner sold at West Babylon ShopRite

Someone’s got a winning ticket — and New York State Lottery officials said the big Take 5 ticket was bought at the ShopRite store on Route 109 in West Babylon.

The ticket’s worth $61,515.50.

Officials said Friday the ticket was the top-prize winner in the Take 5 drawing held Thursday night, Oct. 20.

The winning numbers were 9-25-26-33-37.

Two hundred other players statewide matched four of the five numbers and will settle for $461 each.

In total, officials said, there were 78,739 winners Thursday. Three out of five numbers is worth $25.50.

If you had two of five, you get a free ticket.

Lottery officials encourage anyone who bought a New York Lottery draw game ticket to check their tickets, which expire a year after a game’s drawing.

Winners can claim their winnings at any one of the Lottery’s Customer Service Centers, including the Long Island office at 45 S. Service Rd. in Plainview, or Resorts World Casino New York City, 110-00 Rockaway Blvd., Jamaica.

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.”