Local lottery player gets winning Take 5 ticket

The lone jackpot-winning ticket in Saturday night's Take 5 lottery drawing was sold at a town of Ulster store.

The lone jackpot-winning ticket in Saturday night’s Take 5 lottery drawing was sold at the Quick Stop store at 1203 Flatbush Road (Route 32), according to the state lottery division.

The ticket holder will receive $62,868.50 before tax withholdings. There was no immediate word on the winner’s identity.

The Take 5 numbers drawn Saturday were 2, 20, 28, 32 and 34.

Take 5 players, or Quick Pick lottery computers, select five numbers from 1 to 39 in each game. The winning numbers are drawn at 11:21 p.m. daily. Winning the top prize requires matching all five numbers drawn, the odds of which are 1 in 575,757.

The Quick Stop store that sold the winning ticket for Saturday’s drawing is where former town of Ulster Police Chief Paul Watzka bought a jackpot-winning Take 5 ticket worth about $63,000 before taxes in January 2016.

At the time of Watzka’s win, Quick Stop owner John Quick said his store had sold five other winning Take 5 tickets over the years.

Lottery winners in New York state have one year from the date of their drawing to claim their prize. The Hudson Valley claim center for lottery winnings is at 18 Westage Business Center, Suite 6, in Fishkill.