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Winning Lottery Ticket Sold At Bayside Smoke Shop
This marks at least the fourth time since February that a Queens store sold a winning Take 5 ticket.
BAYSIDE, QUEENS — Someone won thousands of dollars after buying a lottery ticket from a Bayside smoke shop, the New York Lottery announced Friday.
The winning Take 5 ticket — which amounted to $15,201.50 in prize money — was purchased at Bayside Smoke & Lotto Inc, located at Bell Boulevard near 41st Avenue, according to the state lottery.
It was among three winners in the Friday evening drawing; the other two were purchased in Syracuse and Jamaica, Queens.
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The winning tickets in Bayside and Jamaica mark at least the fourth time since February that a Queens store sold a winning Take 5 ticket, QNS reported.
Bayside stores are no strangers to winning tickets, either, having sold at least a couple of Take 5 winners in the past several years, amounting to tens-of-thousands in winnings.
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