NY Lottery Results

You must be at least 18 years of age to play and at least 21 years old to purchase Quick Draw tickets from retail locations that sell alcohol. You do not have to be a New York state resident to play the lottery, but you must purchase your ticket from an in-state retailer.

Learning how to play New York Lottery games is easy. Choose your ticket and pick your numbers. For many games, you'll win a prize by matching three or more of the main numbers in the draw. Some games, such as the Quick Draw, offer a prize for matching a single number. However, these prizes are minimal. You must match all the numbers in each game to hit the jackpot.

Your odds of winning the lottery are best with Numbers, where the chance of getting a jackpot or top prize is 1 in 1,000. Your odds are the smallest at the Powerball, where you have a 1 in 292,201,338 chance of getting the jackpot.

Your chances of winning a smaller prize are always greater than your chances of getting a massive payout. For example, if you play a one-spot game in the Quick Draw, you have a 1 in 4 chance of winning, but the prize is only $2. The possibility of hitting all 10 numbers on a 10-spot game is 1 in 8,911,711.

 Lucky Sum was a wager that was previously available for Numbers and Win4 lottery games in New York. As of September 9, 2018, the Lucky Sum wager is no longer available.

Each lottery game has a specific schedule. Some have drawings daily, while others occur twice a week. The schedule is as follows:

·             Quick Draw: Every four minutes from 4 a.m. to 3:25 a.m.

·             Win 4: 2:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. daily.

·             Numbers: 2:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. daily.

·             Pick 10: 8:30 p.m. daily.

·             Take 5: 10:30 p.m. daily.

·             Cash4Life: 9 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays.

·             Mega Millions: 11 p.m. Tuesdays and Fridays.

·             Powerball: 10:59 p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays.

·             NY Lotto: 8:15 p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays.

You can see most New York Lottery drawings on local television stations or these stations' online channels.

Each game has a different cutoff time. Some games, such as the Quick Draw, allow purchases up to the draw. Others, such as the Powerball, cut off purchases nearly an hour before the draw. The exact cutoff times for games are:

·        Quick Draw: Immediately before the draw, every four minutes throughout the day.

·        Win 4: 2:15 p.m. and 10:20 p.m. daily.

·        Numbers: 2:15 p.m. and 10:20 p.m. daily.

·        Pick 10: 8 p.m. daily.

·        Take 5: 10:20 p.m. daily.

·        Cash4Life: 8:45 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays.

·        Mega Millions: 10:45 p.m. Tuesdays and Fridays.

·        Powerball: 10 p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays.

·        NY Lotto: 8 p.m. Wednesday and Saturdays.

If you're a lucky winner, the first thing you'll want to know is how to claim lottery winnings in New York. You can claim a prize of up to $600 at any lottery retailer in New York. If you win more than $600, you must complete a claim form and visit one of the lottery's customer service centers.

If you prefer not to claim your winnings in person, you can request your winnings by mail. If you're claiming a prize of $601 or more, you must complete a claim form for your winnings and include this form with your ticket. For smaller prizes, mail your ticket to:

New York Lottery

P.O. Box 7533

Schenectady, NY 12301

Unfortunately, NY does not allow lottery winners to remain anonymous if you win the lottery. New York requires anyone who wins more than $5,000 to have their identity revealed including the winner's name and city of residence will be made public but the lottery says it will not release street addresses and telephone numbers for winners.  You can also claim the lottery in a trust or LLC.

Yes, non-residents of NY can play NY Lottery games, but tickets can only be purchased from licensed retailers in the state. If you buy a lottery ticket in New York but reside in another state, you  will have to come back to NY to claim any prizes. Alternatively, you could mail your winning ticket (and a completed claim form for prizes of $601 or more) to the New York Lottery, PO Box 7533, Schenectady, NY 12301-7533. 

If you have a list of stolen NY lottery ticket, you are out of lucky. The lottery is not responsible for list or stolen lottery tickets. Once you get a winning ticket, it is your responsible to  sign your name and write your social security number on the back of it and keep it safe and secure until your appointment to cash it. Contact a Customer Service Center as soon as possible to report the loss.

The state of NY requires that federal taxes , state taxes, and local income taxes are withheld from prizes over $5,000 or from prizes over $600 when the winner does not provide a Social Security or tax identification number when claiming the prize. Withholding varies according to the winner's place of residence.  If you owe anything on Public Assistance/Past Due Child Support, or past due NYS Tax offsets, this will impact the amount that may be withheld.

·        Federal withholding 24%

·        Federal backup withholding 24%

·        Federal Non-resident Alien withholding 30%

·        New York State withholding 10.90%

·        New York City withholding 3.876%

·        Yonkers withholding 1.82575%

Unfortunately, the state of New York does not all the sale of individual tickets over the Internet. The NYL has subscriptions available online for LOTTO, Mega Millions, and Cash4Life.  

For unclaimed prizes, the lottery proceeds are return to the lottery players prize pool. Occasionally, unclaimed prize money can also be used to subsidize prizes for large jackpots, promos, and one-time games.  If the unclaimed prize money is not used for other games or promotions, it goes toward supporting education.

The NYL offers Collect ‘N Win for all draw games.

Lottery players have 365 days from the date of the draw to claim your prize.

Yes, there have been quite several New Yorkers that have won jackpot prizes and matched all the winning numbers on various New York Lottery Tickets. You can find all the NY Lottery winners at https://nylottery.ny.gov/winners/

The odds are the same whether you chose quick pick and let the machine generate your numbers or if you pick your own numbers.

If you need to contact the New York State Gaming Commission's Customer Service Center, please call 518-388-3416 or visit the NASPL website for more resources.