Weekend “Big Money” Lottery Winners In New York

It was a lucky weekend for lottery players in New York State.

While there were no grand prize winners, the New York State Lottery announced that there where two "Big Money" winning tickets sold this weekend from the Mega Millions and Powerball drawing.

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One ticket from Friday's Mega Millions drawing took home the 3rd place prize of $10,000 when it matched four out of five numbers and also had the Mega Ball.

Friday's winning Mega Millions numbers were: 10-17-23-50-67 with a Megaball of 03

There was another "Big Money" winning ticket sold in New York from Saturday's Powerball drawing.

That ticket matched four out of five numbers and also had the Powerball number. That ticket won $50,000.

Saturday's winning Powerball numbers were: 18-25-31-40-57 with a Powerball of 04.

There were no grand prize winners from either drawings so that means Monday's Powerball jackport is up to $102 million dollars while the Mega Million's grand prize for Tuesday's drawing is $279 million dollars.

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.

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.