Chinatown shop turns routine stop into lottery payday

Midday drawing turns Chinatown stop into cash payday

MANHATTAN, N.Y. — A winning TAKE 5 ticket sold from a Chinatown hardware store turned an ordinary Monday afternoon into a $17,113 payday after one player matched all five numbers in the New York Lottery’s May 26 midday drawing.

The top-prize ticket was purchased at Bayard’s Hardware Inc., located at 49 Bayard St. in Manhattan, according to lottery officials. The winning ticket matched all five numbers drawn during the TAKE 5 MIDDAY game.

TAKE 5 numbers are selected from a field of one through 39. Drawings are televised every day at 2:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.

No information about the winning player has been released.

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