Medford shopper snags $17K TAKE 5 jackpot at local convenience store

MEDFORD, NY – A routine lottery stop turned into a windfall for one lucky player this week after a TAKE 5 midday ticket sold at a local convenience store hit the game’s top prize, delivering a payday of over $17,000.

The winning ticket, worth $17,704, was sold for Wednesday’s midday TAKE 5 drawing at CHACHA PAPA, located at 2222 Route 112 in Medford, according to the New York Lottery. The winning numbers were drawn at 2:30 p.m.

TAKE 5 draws from a field of one through 39 and takes place twice daily—at 2:30 p.m. and again at 10:30 p.m.—with tickets available for just $1. Winners have up to one year from the date of the drawing to claim their prize.

The winner has not yet come forward publicly, and no additional identif

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