“This is the lucky place”

They are the hottest ticket in town.

Workers at a Yonkers gas station celebrate after a sale Three Powerball tickets worth $1 million On the same day, in a feat that state lottery officials say is not impossible, but “rare.”

An unlikely turn of events during Monday’s drawing left V&C Taneja, a convenience store in a BP gas station on Nepperhan Street, filled with locals hoping some of the magic would slip away, workers said.

“They all know this is the lucky place,” store manager Shahid Shah, 54, told The Washington Post on Thursday. “This is the first time I’ve seen it this way. Everyone comes and buys Arsenal tickets in the morning.

“Just everyone coming in to buy Powerball tickets,” he said. “They all ask me: Who’s the winner, who’s the winner?” “They all want to know who won.”

Lee Park, spokesman for the New York State Gaming Commission, said the winners are unknown, as the three runner-up ticket holders sold at the store on Monday have not yet come forward.

“Although multiple winning tickets worth $1 million or more purchased at one location is actually rare, good luck is certainly not unprecedented in the Empire State,” Park said.

He said it was possible that the three tickets were purchased by one person who was simply playing the popular lucky number several times.

He said other lottery winners defied the odds, including a Schenectady man who won the top two spots from the same CASH4LIFe ticket in 2023 — a $10 million prize.

It’s not clear whether any store sold three winning tickets for the $1 million Powerball prize — which has odds of 1 in 11,688,053.52 — and lottery officials were unable to provide any examples.

The fact that the store beat those long odds three times upset customers.

“I saw it on TV,” said Wilton Soto, 35, a grocery store worker in the Bronx. “Was this here? Maybe this is the lucky place. I have to come here all the time now.”

Xavier Santana, another 35-year-old Bronx native and car rental company owner, agreed.

“This place sold three million dollar winners on Monday?” Santana told the clerk. “Okay, give me a quick option. Yes, I’ll have this money for life. How much is it? Yes, give me $10!”

Meanwhile, Monday’s three winners have until October 19, 2026 to claim their prizes. The Powerball jackpot, which was not won on Monday, or during Wednesday’s drawing, is $344 million.