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Article: $26 million jackpot starts Lotto New Year. (New York State Lottery)
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- January 3, 1989
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$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 ...