The "Big Money" winning continued on Monday night in New York State with the Powerball drawing.

The New York State Lottery announced that two "Big Money" winning tickets were sold in New York from Monday's Powerball drawing.

Each one of those tickets matched four out of five numbers and also had the Powerball and took home the 3rd place prize of $50,000.

Monday's winning Powerball numbers were: 2-17-18-29-43 with a Powerball of 03.

These two tickets become the 14th and 15th "Big Money" winning Powerball tickets sold in New York so far in 2025. That means 15 people in New York State have started off 2025 with at least $50,000 in lottery winnings.

You can see all the lottery winners so far this year in New York State by clicking HERE.

As for the Powerball, since no one claimed the grand prize from last night's drawing, the jackpot for Wednesday's drawing is up to $154 million dollars.

If you want an edge when it comes to getting a winning Powerball ticket, you might want to buy your ticket at one of these stores.

There are the luckiest stores for lottery winners since 2017.

WEGMANS - They have sold over 350 "Big Money" winning lottery tickets since 2017
TOPS MARKETS - They have sold over 650 "Big Money" winning lottery tickets since 2017
7-11 - They have sold over 1500 "Big Money" winning lottery tickets since 2017.

While these stores are known for having plenty of lottery winners, there is no guarantee that buying a ticket from one of those stores will make you a winner.

The odds of winning the Powerball grand prize is 1 in 292,201,338 while the odds of winning a 3rd place "Big Money" winning ticket is 1 in 913,129.18.

If you are getting a ticket for the next Powerball drawing, good luck.

Luckiest Places To Buy Lottery Tickets

These places have sold the most winning lottery tickets.

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