It was a very lucky night for one Powerball player in New York State last night.

The New York State Lottery announced that there was one "Big Money" winning ticket sold in New York from Monday's Powerball drawing.

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One 3rd place prize-winning ticket was sold in New York from last night’s drawing. That ticket matched four out of five numbers and also had the Powerball. That ticket also had the powerplay which doubles the prize to $100,000.

Monday's winning Powerball numbers were: 5-14-29-38-66 with a Powerball of 01.

No one claimed the grand prize jackpot, which is now up to $59 million dollars. The next Powerball drawing is coming up on Wednesday.

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.

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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

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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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