Big Money Winning Mega Millions Tickets Sold In New York

Two New Yorkers are waking up this morning a little bit richer. The New York State Lottery announced that there were two "Big Money" winning tickets sold in New York from last night's Mega Millions drawing.

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Each one of those tickets matched four out of five numbers and also had the Mega Ball. One of the tickets also had the Megapiler which was 4x the amount. One ticket won $10,000 while the other winner is taking home $40,000.

Tuesday's winning Mega Million numbers were: 4-8-19-31-45 with a Mega Ball of 11

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No one claimed the grand prize, so Friday's jackpot is up to $162 million dollars.

If you want an edge, here are the 3 most luckiest places to buy lottery tickets 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 Mega Millions drawing, 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.