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An upstate New York store sold its eighth million-dollar winning lotto ticket this week, making it possibly the luckiest shop in the entire Empire State. The nondescript Newburgh smoke shop, Smoke 4 Less, sold two million-dollar tickets this week alone — notching eight winners in the last year and a half, according to ABC7. One customer who bought a ticket at the store won $1 million in a Powerball drawing on Monday. The following day, a different customer won $1 million in the Mega Millions drawing but went for the multiplier option, which doubled it to $2 million, the station reported. Smoke 4 Less's winning streak is now drawing large crowds hoping to become the ninth million-dollar winner at the store. New Yorkers from far beyond Orange County have been buying lotto tickets there. Two friends from Long Island made the trek hoping for a little luck. "This place is on fire without a doubt," Jack Feeley told ABC 7 after making the over two-hour drive to Smoke 4 Less. Feeley and his friend Bob Accurso said the shops near them rarely make winners. "The place I go to, nobody wins," Accurso said. "So, maybe I should go to a different place, which is what I'm doing." In neighboring New Jersey, the $1.1 billion Mega Millions winning ticket was sold at a ShopRite in Neptune. The big win is expected to bring even more cash-hungry customers into lotto shops like Smoke 4 Less. The store is also using its recent winning ticket sales to advertise. "From Powerball to Mega Millions, our store has been making dreams come true for lottery players far and wide," a post on its Facebook page reads. Donna Garrison said her friends told her to go to the lucky store to buy tickets, according to the news station. "You gotta be in it to win it," she said.
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