The Lottery’s advertising campaign fostered an atmosphere of fun and community among its target audience, appealing to everyday New Yorkers with commercials that featured them imagining how they’d spend a million dollars while the lively pop song “If I Had a Million Dollars” played in the background – these spots proved especially successful at shifting focus away from grandiose fantasies to more realistic aspirations for winners of its jackpot prizes.
New York State Lotteriey draws take place every Wednesday and Saturday evening at 8:00 pm Eastern Time, televised and broadcast live on their Official Lottery website, with results posted shortly afterward. Winning numbers are selected using a mechanical ball machine under the watchful eyes of independent adjudicators(s).
The New York State Lottery is a government-operated lottery that raises funds for public education. One of the nation’s largest lotteries, it collected $51 billion for educational initiatives throughout New York in 2014. Furthermore, through Small Business Initiative grants provided through local organizations. Established by state law in 1967 and overseen by its Lottery Commission. Lottery winnings are subject to both federal and state income taxes.
Playing the New York Lottery requires that you are 18 or over. Tickets for Lotto, Take 5, Numbers, Pick 10 and Quick Draw may be purchased at retail locations throughout New York or online through authorized vendors. In case your tickets become lost or stolen, make sure they remain safe by signing your ticket before keeping it safe – for issues contact the Customer Service Center immediately.
Lotto draws are held every Wednesday and Saturday evening for $1 per play, consisting of two games featuring six numbers from 0-59. Players can select six numbers themselves or use a quick-pick option that will randomly choose them for them; should all six numbers match, you will win the jackpot prize!
The New York Lotto game offers five levels of prizes, beginning with $1 for matching three numbers or less and reaching millions over time. Since its inception, over 1.7 billion winners have come forward and tickets can be bought from authorized retailers throughout New York State.
In the 1990s, New York Lotto launched Lucky Day as an innovative alternative to its jackpot-driven games; this innovative variation gave one top prize winner a choice between receiving either cash or shares in its underlying assets – such as timeshares – as prizes. This marked an important change from past lottery offerings that had relied heavily on jackpot-driven winnings; large jackpots had provided an important draw and driven ticket sales. Over time however, jackpots decreased and sales began declining further behind other state lotteries.
