Article: $26 million jackpot starts Lotto New Year. (New York State Lottery)

$26 MILLION JACKPOT STARTS LOTTO NEW YEAR

ALBANY, N.Y., Jan. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- LOTTO is starting the New Year with a $26 million jackpot.

No one came up with a perfect six-number match on the last day of 1988 Saturday night, so the jackpot increased to $26 million for Wednesday, Jan. 4, the first LOTTO drawing of 1989.

There were 164 second-prize winners of $3,428.50 each; 12,171 third- prize winners of $117.50 each, and 14,250 fourth-prize winners of $39 each on Saturday.

The guaranteed cash jackpot for Wednesday, Jan. 4, will be $12.4 million, but will grow to $26 million with interest included over the 20-year prize ...

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