To most people, when they think of a state lottery, the Florida lottery comes to mind, however there are many state lotteries around and one of them happens to be the *New York State Lottery*. Like most state lotteries, the New York State Lottery contains just about every game that most lotto players are familiar with. These games include the Fantasy 5, where the winning five numbers yield a big jackpot. Another lotto game that is commonly played in the New York State Lottery is the ever popular Powerball Game where a random assortment of numbered balls contains the winning combination of numbers and of course the normal state lottery game where any random assortment of numbers wins a big jackpot. Then there is the regular run of the mill scratch off games where the winning number contains the winning jackpot.

While the *New York State Lottery* is not a large lottery, the one lottery game that makes up this difference is the Lotto Mega Millions. It is here that the big money is made. Players from all over the Empire State risk much in order to win the big money. In fact, this lotto game could be considered the lottery game of the *New York State Lottery*.

While not as entirely impressive as its Florida counterpart, the *New York State Lottery* is impressive in its own right. While it does not gain the notoriety as other state lotteries, it does manage to yield big money winners as a result of its Mega Millions affiliation. Even those in the Empire State who desire to strike it rich have nothing to worry about in regards to being left out. Each day there are new winners in the *New York State Lottery* who are winning it big with their lucky numbers being called out. As a result, there are more and more people in New York State winning big with their state lottery.