Two lucky New Yorkers strike it big in TAKE 5 Evening drawing

Winning Evening drawing tickets were sold in Brooklyn and Deer Park on the same night

BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Two lucky New York Lottery players are holding winning TAKE 5 tickets after top-prize tickets from the same Evening drawing were sold in Brooklyn and on Long Island, according to lottery officials.

The winning tickets for the May 16 TAKE 5 EVENING drawing were sold at I & B Check Cashing, located at 2966 Ave. U in Brooklyn, and Deer Park Lucky Corner Inc., located at 863 Long Island Ave. in Deer Park.

Lottery officials said each ticket matched all five numbers drawn during the evening game,...