One lucky winner is putting nearly $20,000 in the bank after scoring a TAKE 5 top prize Saturday.

In the midday drawing, a ticket worth $18,441 was pulled after being purchased at Manhattan’s Yemsamali Grocery Inc, located at 881 10th Ave.

Not a bad way to kick off a Saturday night, right?

TAKE 5 numbers are drawn from a field of one through 39. To win the TAKE 5 jackpot, match the five numbers on your ticket to the winning five-number combination drawn. It costs $1 per game to play.

The drawing is broadcast on television twice daily at 2:30 and 10:30 p.m. TAKE 5 players with midday and evening draws on the same ticket must check their numbers at nylottery.ny.gov to determine if they have the winning numbers for the corresponding midday or evening drawing.

The odds of winning the T

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