One lucky Bronxite just struck it rich at a Parkchester candy store after the New York Lottery announced Tuesday the shop sold a second-place prize-winning Mega Millions ticket.
The $1 million winner bought their ticket at Three Star Candy Store located at 1673 Metropolitan Ave. Though they have yet to come forward, the winner has a year to claim their prize, according to the New York Lottery.
Al Haramoh works the lottery machine at Three Star Candy and said he’s happy for the win and hopes it draws “more visitors for the owner here.”
The winning numbers for Mega Millions are drawn from a number field ranging from one to 70. The Mega Ball is drawn from a separate field of numbers ranging from one to 25. Tuesday’s winning numbers were 1-5-7-22-24 with a Mega Ball of 08.
Two tickets matched all five numbers, however, both missed out on the Mega Ball. The other winning ticket was sold at Ralph Avenue Liquor Store in Brooklyn and had a megaplier, a multiplier that increases non-Jackpot prizes and costs an additional dollar per play, totaling the win to $4 million.
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Several customers have won big at Three Star Candy in the past six months. One person hit three numbers for $300,000, while another customer won around $150,000 for their ticket numbers, according to Haramoh.
The Mega Millions drawing happens every Tuesday and Friday night. Because no one took home the grand prize, the Jackpot for Friday’s Mega Millions drawing is now up to $47 million. While each player has a one in 302,575,350 chance of winning the Jackpot, the odds of winning don’t stop players from purchasing tickets at Three Star Candy Store.
“We sell a lot of tickets here,” Haramoh said. “All the time if you come over here, you can see all the time that the line is busy for the lotto machine.”
Haramoh said Three Star Candy Store is a “winning store” and a “busy store for the lotto machine,” which he said makes him happy for the most recent winner and players that come through the store.
“I think absolutely everyone is going to win,” he said.
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