Massive Lotto Winner in Newburgh, New York

Someone won over $150,000 in Newburgh, New York last weekend! Was it you?

Over the last few years, it has become clear that one New York Lottery retailer in the Hudson Valley has quickly become New York's luckiest store to play any of the numerous lottery games.

The Smokes 4 Less store on North Plank Road in Newburgh, NY is often referred to as "New York's Luckiest Store" because almost every month they are the store that sells a winning ticket in one of the big jackpot lottery draw games.

New York Lotto Winner in Newburgh

Luck has struck again at Smoke's 4 Less in Newburgh as they have sold a winning ticket for the Saturday, March 9th LOTTO game according to the New York Lottery. The winning ticket matched five of the six numbers drawn and the bonus number to win the the second-place prize of $172,396. The winning numbers for the Saturday, March 9th drawing were 2-19-23-28-37-48 and the Bonus Number: was 42.

To win the New York LOTTO jackpot, you must match all six numbers drawn from one to fifty-nine and the bonus number. LOTTO drawings take place every Wednesday and Saturday night with the next jackpot worth $18 Million.

Why is This Newburgh Store Lucky?

That's a question many have asked in the last few years and as far as we can tell the only reason the store is deemed lucky is because of the volume of tickets they sell. If you didn't know they work with the lottery app called Jackpocket which gives all New Yorkers a convenient way to play all of the state's lottery games on their phones and use Smokes 4 Less as a hub to print out all the tickets sold.

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Mega Millions Jackpot

Depending on when you are reading this will determine if one of the biggest Mega Millions jackpots ever is still up for grabs or not.

As of today (3/12/24) the Mega jackpot is going to be at least 735 million dollars, which is the sixth-largest in the history of the game. There hasn't been a Mega winner since December! Mega Millions drawings happen every Tuesday and Friday night.