Three $1 million winning Powerball lottery tickets sold at the same New York store

Comment #31

KY Floyd — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 05:29:22 GMT

Haven't you ever heard of crazy things that people do when buying a ticket and then they won a big pile of money because they did it?

The guy was stupid not crazy.

Then he took the numbers from the QP ticket and marked them twice on a Lotto betslip. Then he'd buy another ticket. He ended up with two tickets. One ticket had a single line of six numbers on it (the QP) the other had two identical lines of six numbers on it, and they matched the numbers on his QP ticket.

Aside from the... [ More ]

Comment #30

BaltimoreRon — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 04:18:40 GMT

Nice story bruh...

Comment #29

GiveFive — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 14:39:04 GMT

Yeah... They'd have won the jackpot if they had bought all 26 red ball numbers. They'd have traded $52 for $300,000,000 or so.

But there are people that couldn't care less what the advertised jackpot is because they play for a second place win. That's what I do, and I add the PowerPlay because I don't care what the jackpot is. G5

Comment #28

GiveFive — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 14:18:06 GMT

That's a pretty good guess, as good as any I've seen anyway.

I hope how it actually did happen comes to light. Players sometimes either accidentally or intentionally do what appears at first to be strange things when they buy lottery tickets.

Years ago a work buddy of mine did something and I could never figure out why he did it. He'd buy a one line NY Lotto QP. Then he took the numbers from the QP ticket and marked them twice on a Lotto betslip. Then he'd buy another ticket. He ended u... [ More ]

Comment #27

Brock Lee — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 00:47:05 GMT

that was my first thought. i have seen someone do that, buying every red ball number with a fixed set of five white ball numbers. this winner is probably kicking himself that he didn't just splurge on buying every red ball number.

Comment #26

KY Floyd — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 06:27:04 GMT

is it mandatory for those second place winners to have at least their names appear?

The lottery thinks so, but they might be wrong. A lawsuit in NH struck down the lottery's claimed rule that state law required them to release the names. The law the lottery relied on was a sunshine law requiring the state to make public the names of entities they did business with. The judge ruled that the law was intended to make state business, such as building contracts and other things public. I've got... [ More ]

Comment #25

grwurston — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 15:38:47 GMT

My guess is that the winner was wheeling a bunch of numbers and inadvertently wrote the same combo down more than once on his list or else they did it when filling out their play slips.

Comment #24

GiveFive — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 15:04:24 GMT

For those living in Florida, the question of whether or not a second place PB prize winner can remain anonymous is clear. Well it's kinda clear anyway, but not really.

Florida law mandates that the Florida Lottery provide the winner s name, city of residence, game won, date won, and amount won to any third party who requests the information

On its website, The Florida lottery publishes a Jackpot Winners and Retailer Information report which does not include any second place PB/MM prize... [ More ]

Comment #23

GiveFive — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 13:38:48 GMT

Just checked out The NY Lottery's winners page. There are winners listed of both Mega Millions and PowerBall 1/2 million dollar second place prizes. Some had the winners name listed as well as their photo. Others had just the winners name but no photo of them.

The question I have is it mandatory for those second place winners to have at least their names appear? One very recent PB winner claimed two million with an LLC, so there was no picture. I clicked on a few of them, but there was no m... [ More ]

Comment #22

GiveFive — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 13:07:02 GMT

Agreed, The NY Lottery does have a on their website a page containing photos and names of lower tier winners in addition to all jackpot winners.

When I lived in New York (I moved to Florida in 2020) it was my understanding that all jackpot winners did not have a choice to remain anonymous (so as to be able to collect their winnings) but lower tier winners were given an option to have their name and photo appear on that page. I knew someone that didn't win a scratch off jackpot, but the priz... [ More ]

Comment #21

Bleudog101 — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 10:23:00 GMT

Congratulations winner(s).

Good thing it was Yonkers vs the burough of Manhattan. They'd be socked with another tax on their winnings.

Comment #20

sully16 — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 08:39:14 GMT

congrats winners.

Comment #19

KY Floyd — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 06:57:19 GMT

Although it's theoretically possible for each ticket to have been a QP, that's so highly unlikely that it's just plain crazy to think that's what actually happened.

The retailer probably sold only a few thousand PB tickets for that drawing. To make it simple let's call it 11,688 tickets, or 1 for every 1000 5+0 combinations. That makes the odds of one ticket winning a 5+0 prize 1 in 1000. The odds of 3 winning tickets is then 1 in 1 billion. Based on NY's total sales and the number of retai... [ More ]

Comment #18

myturn08 — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 18:13:42 GMT

i agree it has to be the same person who played the set of numbers multiple times

Comment #17

GiveFive — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 18:09:28 GMT

I've had people say to me You're crazy for playing the same line of PB numbers multiple times. Adding The PowerPlay option makes it even crazier because that ticket costs you 3 bucks for each stinkin' line!

Oh yeah?

The current Florida Lotto jackpot for Wednesday October 29th is $1,000,000 . The odds on wining that million dollars is 22,957,480 to 1 . (Or I could add The Double Play for an additional dollar to win $1,250,000. A Total of $3 per line)

I could also use that same 3 buc... [ More ]

Comment #16

GiveFive — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 17:35:59 GMT

Although it's theoretically possible for each ticket to have been a QP, that's so highly unlikely that it's just plain crazy to think that's what actually happened.

It could have happened by accident more so than it was intentionally done. (Multiple players using identical bet slips) For instance a husband or a wife each used their own copy of a bet slip not knowing the other spouse had already purchased a ticket using their copy. But that explanation doesn't account for the third ticket...... [ More ]

Comment #15

CDanaT — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 17:01:59 GMT

QP's or chosen numbers ? Makes a difference

What time frame were they purchased on Monday ? Within a minute or 2 ? Spread out through the day?

If they were QP's ,what does that say about about massive repeat number sales from machines or was it done solely by this machine ? Last I knew, the machines were RNG.

Perhaps I missed something in the story.

Comment #14

GiveFive — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 14:18:48 GMT

Lottery winners in New York technically can't claim prizes anonymously, but there have been some players who have created an LLC to collect their winnings without revealing their name.

There's hidden beauty in this whole thing. The player won't even need to create an LLC to protect their anonymity.... and if they're super smart, other than the NY Lottery, it's very possible that nobody will ever know who the winner is/was.

This was a SECOND TIER win, not a jackpot win. That means the w... [ More ]

Comment #13

opt99$ — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 14:09:49 GMT

California had 4 winners once, but not at the same store. More realistic. We need that to happen more

Comment #12

GiveFive — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 14:00:45 GMT

I went back an re-read the article......

New York State Gaming Commission spokesman Lee Park told The Post that the identity of the ticketholder, or ticketholders, is unknown since none of the three $1 million winning tickets have been claimed yet.

So there's the answer to my question. G5

Comment #11

GiveFive — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 13:27:31 GMT

While it is unusual, people buying multple identical lines isn't all that uncommon. We don't hear about all the times that it was done but it didn't produce a jackpot winner. We only hear about it when it wins big.

In New York City, especially Brooklyn, many savvy players buy multiple tickets with the same set of numbers. They do it a lot with Take5 to reduce the pari-muteul aspect of the game. Many times I've read the Top Prize Winners report published on The NY Lottery website that showed... [ More ]

Comment #10

GiveFive — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 13:09:18 GMT

Very true but the question I have is did they buy three separate tickets using the same betslip for each purchase, or did they purchase three lines on one ticket using one betslip?

As for me, I use one betslip to play five identical lines of five numbers on one PB ticket, with a different PB on each line. I also add the Powerplay option.

The article states There were three winning Powerball tickets for the second-tier prize in a drawing last week, and all three came from the same store... [ More ]

Comment #9

Todd — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 13:08:46 GMT

Comment #8

Ranett — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 12:37:40 GMT

Most likely.

Comment #7

Bleudog101 — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 12:30:16 GMT

First of all congratulations.

Looking @ PB website when it said three NY winners said hopefully not Manhattan where they add another tax to your winnings. Go Yonkers

Comment #6

KY Floyd — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 06:15:55 GMT

I think it is highly unlikely it was three separate winners.

As above, the lottery already knows if all 3 wins were on a single ticket, multiple tickets played together or in a short time span, or 3 (or more) tickets played over a longer timespan. Since there was nothing special about the winning numbers even having 3 winners in the entire state would have been unlikely. The chance of 3 randomly chosen tickets at a single retailer is basically zero.

It very well could have been someone

Comment #5

noise-gate — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 05:22:29 GMT

* Sure hope they hung onto their tickets.

Comment #4

Think — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 04:21:36 GMT

It very well could have been someone who played the same 5 numbers with 3 different powerballs

Comment #3

sdw1000 — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 01:35:29 GMT

Nah...it's not rigged...lol

Comment #2

mightwin1 — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 23:37:40 GMT

I'm sure the lottery already looked at the stores security cameras along with ticket print times to know if it was only one person or not. Not sure if New York has vending lotto machines, but I had a issue once with a Michigan Lottery vending machine and customer support looked up the transaction from the last 4 digits of my debit card. The Lottery knows but there not going to give that info out for security reasons.

Comment #1

BaltimoreRon — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 22:20:48 GMT

I did this a few times accidentally, with my wife and I playing the same numbers when the other did not know, or getting a couple play slips mixed up with the same picks in a small stack, also by accident. Congrats to the three time winner!!! I think it is highly unlikely it was three separate winners.

Three $1 million winning Powerball lottery tickets sold at the same New York store

Lottery Post — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 21:56:04 GMT

New York Lottery Commissioner says event is infrequent

By Kate Northrop

One lottery retailer in New York sold three $1 million winning tickets for a single Powerball drawing, an occurrence that the New York Lottery says is infrequent.

There were three winning Powerball tickets for the second-tier prize in a drawing last week, and all three came from the same store in New York.

On Tuesday last week, the New York Lottery announced that there were three second-tier prize-winning tic... [ More ]