It's no wonder the line around Smokes 4 Less on North Plank Road in Newburgh continues to be wrapped around the store with over a billion dollars currently on the line.
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"It's worth it if you win," said Tony Wright, who drove 85 miles, from Fort Greene, Brooklyn to Newburgh, specifically to buy Powerball tickets at the store. "Even if it's for a million dollars."
The Newburgh store sold a $2 million winning Powerball ticket in Monday night's drawing. That win came after the store sold two seven-figure lottery tickets in January and two $1 million tickets over a three-day span in November.
Oscar Dsouza is a regular, who's won small.
"Take 5 $500," he listed, before continuing, "$350, $275, $400 - not bad."
Smokes 4 Less has been selling lottery tickets for 30 years at its 13 locations throughout the Hudson Valley - Newburgh is the current hotspot.
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It's also the physical location where tickets are purchased for sale through Jackpocket - an app that allows users to play online.
On Wednesday, sales were so brisk, they had to reload the paper to print tickets on.
Despite their emerging reputation as a lottery hot spot, Smokes 4 Less has not received a cut of the winnings because they have yet to sell a top prize.
The Powerball jackpot climbs to $1.2 billion ahead of Wednesday night's drawing. It is the largest jackpot of the 2023, and the one of the biggest jackpots of all time.
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Powerball drawings are streamed on ABC7NY Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday at 10:59 p.m.
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