Two “Big Money” Winning Powerball Tickets Sold In New York
It was another lucky lottery night in New York State on Wednesday.
The New York State Lottery announced that two "Big Money" winning tickets were sold from Wednesday's Powerball drawing in New York State.
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Each one of those tickets matched four out of five numbers and also had the Powerball number. Each ticket won the 3rd place prize of $50,000.
Wednesday's winning Powerball numbers were: 7-11-12-27-46 with a Powerball of 26.
No one took home the grand prize, so Saturday's jackpot is now up to $54 million dollars.
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If you are looking for an edge, here are the luckiest places to buy a lottery ticket in New York State.
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The 3rd luckiest store chain for lottery tickets is Wegmans. They sold 281 big winning tickets since 2012.
The 2nd luckiest store chain is Tops. They have sold over 350 winning lottery tickets of $5000 or more since 2012.
And now for the luckiest store chain to get your lottery ticket from:
7-11
Yes, the convenience store chain has sold over 1000 winning lottery tickets that had a jackpot of $5000 or more.
So if you are looking for all the competitive advantages when it comes to winning the lottery, you may want to change your mind about where you buy your ticket from.
Heck, you might even want to buy a ticket from each store chain to help your chances of winning.
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