June’s “Big Money” Lottery Winners From Buffalo

June was a VERY LUCKY month for lottery players in Western New York.

There were several "Big Money" and Top Prize winning tickets sold in the 716 according to the New York State Lottery in the month of June.

The biggest winner was a $2 million dollar winning second place Powerball ticket that was sold at the 7-11 located at 8000 Main Street in Williamsville on June 19th. That ticket matched all five numbers but missed out on the Powerball number. It did have the Powerplay which doubled the prize amount to $2 million dollars.

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Here is a look at some of the other lottery winners from Western New York for the month of June.

June 16th - A Top Prize winning Take 5 ticket was sold at 791 Discount Liquor located on Jay Street in Rochester. That ticket won $29,571 dollars.

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June 19th - A Top Prize winning Take 5 ticket was sold at the Tops Markets location on Maple Road. That winner took home $9,135 dollars.

Plus while the ticket was sold on May 31st, the winner claimed the prize in June, a Top 5 winning ticket was sold at the 7-11 located on Lake Shore Road in Hamburg. That ticket won $39,535 dollars.

If you are looking for an edge when you play the lottery, check out the luckiest places to buy a lottery ticket in New York.

The 3rd luckiest store chain for lottery tickets is Wegmans. They have 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.

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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.