Hamburg New York Home To “Big Money” Powerball Winner

A quick trip to Tops Markets paid off for one Western New Yorker.

The New York State Lottery announced that one of the three "Big Money" winning Powerball tickets sold in New York from Monday's drawing was sold in Western New York.

That ticket was sold at the Tops Markets on McKinley Parkway in Hamburg.

It matched four out of five numbers and also had the Powerball number so it took home the 3rd place prize of $50,000. It was one of three winning tickets sold in New York State from Monday's Powerball drawing.

Monday's winning Powerball numbers were 3-21-24-34-46 with a Powerball of 09.

No one claimed the grand prize so the jackpot for Wednesday's Powerball drawing is up to $113 million dollars.

If you want to increase your chances of winning, check out the luckiest places to buy lottery tickets in New York State.

The 3rd luckiest store chain for lottery tickets is Wegmans. They sold over 300 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.