A store in New York sold 8 winning lottery tickets in a year.
'29.03.2024'
Alina Prikhodko
A low-key Smoke 4 Less store in Newburgh sold two million-dollar lottery tickets just this week.. As reported by New York Post, over the past year and a half, as many as eight winning tickets have been sold here.
One customer who purchased a ticket from the store won $1 million in the Powerball lottery on Monday, March 25. The next day, another buyer won $1 million in the Mega Millions lottery, but used a multiplier option that doubled the winnings to $2 million.
A string of wins at Smoke 4 Less is attracting more and more people hoping to become the store's ninth million-dollar winner. New Yorkers living far outside of Orange County come there specifically for lottery tickets.
New York store sells its 8th million-dollar winning lotto ticket: 'This place is on fire' https://t.co/kTQ6pu677P pic.twitter.com/bW5rNiYDhH
- New York Post (@nypost) March 28, 2024
Two friends from Long Island hit the road hoping for luck.
“This place is definitely on a roll,” said Jack Feeley, who drove more than two hours to Smoke 4 Less. According to Feeley and his friend Bob Accurso, the stores near them rarely have winnings.
“Where I go, no one wins anything,” Accurso said sadly. “So it was probably worth changing where I bought the tickets, which is what I did.”
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In neighboring New Jersey, a $1,1 billion Mega Millions winning ticket was sold at a ShopRite in Neptune.
This big win is sure to attract even more customers to stores like Smoke 4 Less. Some even use recent winning ticket sales for advertising.
“From Powerball to Mega Millions, our store makes lottery players' dreams come true,” says a post on its Facebook page.