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Have you bought a Lottery ticket at Byrne Dairy lately?

Just down the thruway in Schenectady, one couple just admitted to running a Jamaican-based lottery scam targeting mainly elderly victims all over New York and the United States.

Unfortunately no one in New York won the Powerball Jackpot last night, but there were some other big winners throughout the state.

Unfortunately no one in New York won the Powerball Jackpot last night, but there were some other big winners throughout the state.

Lottery officials report there are at least three winning tickets for the January 13 $1.5 billion Powerball jackpot, one in California, one in Tennessee and one in Florida.

Saturday's Powerball Jackpot reached a ridiculous high of 949.8 million dollars. With no winners in the drawing, those numbers are climbing even higher.

Retired electrician Richard Loveless of Port Byron, New York is no stranger to Lotto luck. He's been rubbing elbows with Lotto millionaires for years but this was his year.

It seems that Central New York is the latest hot spot for winning lottery tickets. On August 19th, a $62,160 ticket was sold in Cicero.

The New York Lottery announced that the top prize winning ticket for Monday's(8/10) TAKE 5 drawing was sold at the Sunoco located at 419 East Taft Road in Syracuse. If you own this ticket, it's worth $64,170.

One of the brave New York firefighters who rushed to Ground Zero during the 9/11 terror attacks is a millionaire thanks to a winning scratch off ticket. Carmelo Mercado, won $5 million on a $20 “Cash X 100” ticket.

Truly nothing says "Get Well Soon" like $7 million. That's the winning amount of a New York Lottery scratch-off card a man from downstate Rockland County mailed to his son.

Nancy Howard of Oswego is set for life after winning the top prizes on New York Lottery's scratch-off game. The newly retired SUNY Oswego cook says the win is a long time in the making. “I’ve played the Set For Life game since it came out and the most I won in the past was $500. When I saw the word ‘LIFE’ under my matching number I almost fainted,” she said.