New York Home To “Big Money” Winning Mega Millions Ticket

Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing was very good to one lucky lottery player in New York State.

The New York State Lottery announced that one "Big Money" winning Mega Millions ticket was sold in New York from last night's drawing.

That ticket won the 3rd place prize of $10,000 after it matched four out of five numbers and also had the Megaball.

Tuesday's winning Mega Millions numbers were: 8-43-48-58-60 with a Megaball of 04.

No one claimed the grand prize so the jackpot for Friday's Mega Millions drawing is up to $229 million dollars.

If you are looking for some luck when you buy your next ticket, you might want to buy your ticket at one of these places.

According to a study done by nbcnewyork.com there is one store in the state that has sold more winning lottery tickets than any other chain of stores.

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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.

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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 tonight's 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.