New York Lottery

New York Lottery Biography

Lottery drawings are syndicated to television stations. Pick 10 drawings air nightly on MSG Network and the Sabres Hockey Network at 11:00 p.m., or during the next commercial break. Other draw games, except for Sweet Million, air on these stations: WABC-TV New York (except Powerball, Take 5, and Lotto; the last two are aired on the station's website, 7online.com, while Powerball is not aired), WSYR-TV Syracuse, WBNG Binghamton, WGRZ Buffalo, WETM-TV Elmira, WPTZ Plattsburgh, WHAM-TV Rochester (except Powerball), WWTI Watertown, and WUAM/YNN Capital Region. (WBNG and WETM newscasts are seen in the Binghamton area.) Mega Millions (drawings held in Atlanta) and Powerball (drawings in Florida) are drawn at 11:00 p.m., while Take 5 and Lotto are drawn at 11:21 p.m. The Numbers and Win 4 drawings are held at 12:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Powerball drawings can be seen in the New York and Rochester areas via the national cable/satellite feed of WGN America. The Utica-Rome region (which does not receive WGN on cable) does not see live lottery drawings; the local affiliate, WUTR, dropped lottery drawings when closed its news division in 2003; its rival WKTV also do not air drawings.
Sweet Million drawings are viewable online only. Its drawings are held Mondays and Thursdays at 9:30 p.m.Numerous scratchcard games are available; formats, prices, and payouts vary, although most of the higher-priced games are in fact the same game, repackaged under different names.
Unlike other US lotteries, winners of annuity prizes in New York Lottery scratch games cannot choose lump sum in lieu of periodic payments (whether the annuity is finite, e.g. 20 yearly payments, or a lifetime annuity) even though winners of annuitized Lottery draw games, including Mega Millions and Powerball, can choose cash after winning. The Lottery, however, has been phasing in scratch games with seven-figure, lump-sum prizes.

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