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Sketchbook Clippings — Lottery News, August 26, 2026

Published Wednesday, August 26, 2026 · 5 stories · Take 5 Evening

Midweek check-in: we swept the news wires for every game we follow and retold the highlights in plain English. Here is what the lottery world has been talking about, as of August 26, 2026.

This week's stories

Each item below is our one-sentence retelling — follow the source link for the full story.

• A Take 5 lottery ticket worth $29,000 was sold at a New York 7-Eleven.

  via SILive.com → · Take 5 Evening · August 23, 2026

• An NYC gas station sold a Take 5 lottery ticket worth $31,000.

  via SILive.com → · Take 5 Evening · August 24, 2026

• A lottery ticket with a prize was sold at a Western New York retailer.

  via WGRZ → · Take 5 Evening · August 21, 2026

• A Take 5 lottery ticket with a prize was sold at Penfield Tops.

  via AOL.com → · Take 5 Evening · August 23, 2026

• A Hudson Valley store sold a lottery ticket worth nearly $30,000.

  via NewYorkUpstate.com → · Take 5 Evening · August 19, 2026

Summaries above are written by Sketchbook Draws in our own words; each link opens the source's original reporting in a new tab. For entertainment only.

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