A Trip To Wegmans Turned Into $5 Million Dollars For WNY Man

Sometimes it pays off to stop and grab a “scratcher” lottery ticket. Lady Luck was on one Western New Yorker’s side when he won $5 million dollars with a New York Lottery scratch-off ticket.

Rochester Man Wins $5 Million Dollars From New York State Lottery

The New York State Lottery announced that Richard Thomas won the top prize of $5 million dollars from their scratch-off game “$5,000,000 Cash Royale.”

Thomas hit the right match and took home the top prize. He elected to take his winnings in a single lump sum payment of $2,239,446, after required withholdings.

The winning ticket was sold at the Wegmans on Empire Blvd in Webster.

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After Thomas’ win, there was still one more top prize left with the “$5,000,000 Cash Royale”. You can check the status of all the New York State Lottery’s scratch-off games HERE.

According to the New York State Lottery’s website, there were 8 million-dollar or more winners in the state in the month of April. There have already been two million-dollar or more winners in New York in the month of May.

You can check out all the winners in New York State HERE.

Luckiest Places To Buy Lottery Tickets In New York State

Richard Thomas got his ticket at the right spot. Wegmans is the 3rd luckiest store to get a winning lottery ticket from in New York State.

The second luckiest store is Tops Friendly Markets, and the store that has produced the most lottery winners in New York State is 7-11.