After matching five numbers in December's Cash4Life drawing, the Bellmore resident selected the cash value option.

Jason Champagne matched the numbers 12, 24, 36, 54 and 56 to win the $1,000 a day for life prize, which guarantees a minimum payout of $7 million. Rather than receiving the daily payments, the Bellmore resident elected to take a one-time lump sum payment of $4,557,000 after required withholdings.

The Take 5 Midday drawing went just right for one lucky lottery player in Broome County.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The snowstorm raging through New York could be a mere memory if you score the Powerball jackpot Monday night. Sitting at a modest $30 million — or $13.6 million, if you pick the cash option — the jackpot is waiting for the next winner to claim it.

The Million Dollar Raffle was created to commemorate the Erie Canal bicentennial. Fifteen tickets across New York were selected to win the $1 million top prize, with winning tickets sold in Bronx, Chenango, Dutchess, Genesee, New York, Queens, Schenectady, Suffolk and Westchester counties, in addition to Steuben County.

A Queensbury gas station sold a winning lottery ticket on the January 31st Powerball drawing, the New York Lottery announced Sunday. The Star Fuel located at 658 Upper Glen Street in Queensbury sold a one prize-winning ticket worth $50,000