>> Every player wants to beat the odds and when you think of scratch off or general
lottery tickets you probably
think the odds are against you
and there’s no rhyme or reason
to We take a closer look and
found there are actually some
local stores that appear
luckier than others were also
looking at what lottery games
have the largest number of
winners.
>> And during our search found
some players who seem to win a
lot some dozens
of times.
>> News 4 Jax reporter Scott
Johnson is joining us live from
Grand Central station on
Merrill Road in Arlington one
place, the just sold a ticket
to a big winner Scott.
>> I’m here at the Grand Central station in Arlington where they advertise a sold a
lot of winning ticket to the
Big One being right here
$2 million recently on a
scratch off they saw a liar one
of the most high be a selling
gas stations in
the city, but it still doesn’t
compare to this one station I
found up in northwest
Jacksonville.
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The not bury the lead we need to focus on what’s most astounding in this venture in
the
lottery winners. You know this
spot here is one of the
luckiest places in the state of
Florida to buy a lottery
ticket. Yes it.
>> That would be this tiny gas
station Nestle that Edgewood
Avenue and Avenue B.
>> I don’t want to some some
kind of because you see I
covered a similar story on the
lottery way back in 2015.
And found it one of the
luckiest spots in the state how
much the but I like
>> Well get this.
>> We pulled the numbers from
2017 2018, they’re still tops
in the region selling the
second most winner in the
state. Why do you think they
have so much luck here is that
magic or what you call it, you
know I just think it just to
win a spot whether it’s luck or
the fate of the cosmos the
Edgewood shell remains a lucky
spot.
>> Below them, it’s a mixed bag
depending on how you analyze
the
let’s start with where lottery
players are getting the most
winning tickets worth $600
or more. Edgewood shell out
paces, everyone with 156 of
those winning tickets.
The public’s on Merrill Road in
Arlington is second with 103 of
those winners
followed by the day and night
food store on Lem Turner with
102 of those winners. But
there’s a reason why people
when so much of
the shell they sell a lot of
tickets for draw game tickets.
They sell more than
2 Million. Day and night food
on land Turner, an Edgewood BP
round out the top 3. And that
shell sells more scratch off
than anyone. More than a
million doubling the second
closest that’s public’s on us
one in Saint Augustine
and Grand Central station on
Merrill Road in the 3 spot.
And if you don’t want to drive
to one of those spots, there’s
also something equally
important which games, payout
the most often
we found a pick for which is a
draw games. They doubt the most
winners of $600 or more.
All of a scratch off games.
Florida 100 times the cash,
$10 million world class cash
and $10 million fortune are the
top 3 scratch offs.
>> The water we ruined my life
please don’t identify me.
>> That’s what one guy was
saying he would do in an
interview but even after that
he backed out because he was so
concerned people would know he
won a big jackpot
he says after that happened
you’ve ruined his life when his
name went public. Telling the
charities were calling him for
weeks this after he told the
lottery don’t publicize my
name. But I did find others who
have won dozens of times
in one case I headed to
Columbia discount beverage in
Lake City. You guys have been
>> 1415 year working 15 years,
there’s a woman named has a
mighty Patel who is one around
70,000 on tickets over 2 years.
She scratched off 48 winners.
It turns out she’s the wife of
the store’s owner Nick Patel.
>> I saw that your wife is one
a lot of a lot of like you guys
about a lot
of success.
>> I was in my mind the move to
he buys in bulk
their goal.
>> 48 when $70,000 is what the
lottery. You guys done pretty
well.
>> and I to move to where they
are more does
it too.
>> The lower I found a guy who
bought 37 winners. Another
with 34. And the ones I talk to
say it’s a simple formula.
They play a whole lot of
lottery. Scott Johnson Channel
4. The local station.
>> And the woman who won a year one playing the $10 Gold Rush a classic scratch
off game and if you’re
wondering a bear to draw games.
people do when a lot on scratch
off so well
they account for 69% of tickets
sold statewide some people
like they’re scratch offs are
live in Arlington Scott Johnson
Channel 4 the local station.
>> Thank you Scott right news 4 Jax dot com. We have an interactive map of lottery
retailers across Northeast,
Florida. You can see how
many tickets, the retailers in
your area are selling for both
scratch off and draw games.
You can also see how much
lottery players are collecting
from winning tickets purchased
at each store
and there is a list of which
lottery games produced the
largest number of winners