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

The New York State Lottery announced that there were "Big Money" winners this weekend from the Mega Millions and Powerball drawings.

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One 3rd place ticket was sold from Friday's Mega Millions drawing in New York State. That ticket matched 4 out of 5 numbers and also had the Megaball. That ticket won $10,000.

Friday's Mega Millions numbers were 1-25-26-31-65 with a Mega Ball of 02.

The winning continued on Saturday when one "Big Money" winning ticket from the Powerball drawing was sold in New York.

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That ticket matched 4 out of 5 numbers and also had the Powerball. It also had the Powerplay which was 3 times the amount of the prize.

That ticket won $150,000.

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Saturday's winning Powerball numbers were 4-36-48-54-56 with a Powerball number of 02.

No one claimed the grand prize in either drawing. That means Monday's Powerball jackpot is up to $44 million dollars.

Tuesday's Mega Millions jackpot is up to $61 million dollars.

If you want an extra edge when it comes to getting your next Lottery ticket, check out the luckiest places to buy a lottery ticket in New York State.

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.

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 Friday'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.

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