Where in New York to buy a winning lottery ticket

If you want to win a large amount in the lottery in New York, think twice about where to buy a lucky ticket.

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The journal news He examined stores selling happy lottery tickets, and noticed that in some stores there were more winners than in others. NBC New York.

Thus, the newsstand in the city center leads among the places with the most number of winners. Carlton Cards at Penn Station not only has the largest number of winners, but is also the biggest lottery ticket seller in New York. On average, 246 has sold thousands of lottery tickets every week.

Carlton cards sold 49 lottery tickets worth at least $ 5000, including the jackpot Mega Millions worth $ 59 million in 2015 year.

However, the most popular places to buy lottery tickets are not necessarily those with the highest number of winners.

For example, refueling Valero Middleton, Orange County sold only four winning tickets valued at $4 or more between 5000 and 2012, but was home to the ticket that hit one of the largest jackpots in state history—a $2017 million jackpot in 321 year, the magazine reports News.

Of the biggest winners in 10 in New York, three bought their lucky lottery tickets in Richmond County on Staten Island: winning $ 165 million in 2016 year; win Powerball in the amount of $ 137 million in 2015 year and $ 86 million in Mega Millions in 2012 year.

Supermarket chains were also listed with the highest number of winners.
Wegmans sold 281 tickets to major winners in their 46 offices throughout the state from 2012 to 2017 year.

Chain of stores 7-Eleven surpassed all. According to the state lottery department, in one of the 1000 stores, the winners bought lucky tickets.

Carlton cards in Glen Head, Nassau County, on Long Island, sold 16 lottery tickets to winners whose winnings were at least $ 5000.

There have been 11 winners in Broome County, including a $1 million win in 2012 and a $10 million win in 2015 at a gas station. Vestal.

There was also a $10 million win in Dutchess County for a person who bought a ticket at a store. Stewart's shop in Pokhipsi in 2017 year.

While some locations have the largest number of winners, it's worth noting that the odds of winning are the same wherever you play - 1 in 302 in jackpot Mega Millions.

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