In a span of eight days, a supermarket in Washington city sold three winning lottery tickets.
A grocery store in Spokane Valley, Washington is a popular stop for groceries, medication, flowers, and now, lucky lottery wins. The Yoke's Fresh Market at 9329 E. Montgomery Ave. in the Argonne Village shopping center has recently become a hotspot for some lucky lottery players who managed to score major jackpots.
Within the span of just over a week, the Washington Lottery confirmed that the Yoke's Spokane Valley location sold three life-changing winning tickets. First, on April 17, a lottery player from Newman Lake walked away with a $4.6 million Lotto jackpot after purchasing the game at Yoke's. The store netted itself a $46,000 commission for selling the prize-winning ticket.
Not long after, two more lottery players at Yoke's managed to claim significant wins. One was a $165,000 Hit 5 ticket, while the other was a $50,000 Powerball prize. However, the Powerball ticket holder's winnings skyrocketed due to the optional $1 Powerplay add-on and a multplier that randomly landed on 4x, resulting in a whopping $200,000 payout.
A Boon for Retailers
The Washington Lottery is a traditional in-person lottery without any online games. It operates to support early childhood education, vocational programs, and economic development. Owners of businesses that carry the lottery games benefit from foot traffic that comes along with sales.
Washington Lottery retailers receive a 5% commission on all sales of Scratch and Draw games, as well as bonuses for selling specific jackpots. These include a $50,000 bonus if they sell a Powerball or Mega Millions jackpot winner, $10,000 for a Powerball/Mega Millions second-tier prize, and $20,000 for a Powerball Double Play jackpot.
Yoke's received a $46,000 commission for the Lotto jackpot due to the Washington Lottery's practice of providing bonuses to retailers who sell Lotto or Hit 5 jackpots, which represents 1% of the total prize.
These fortunate Supermarket wins might just encourage more players to visit the Yoke's in Argonne Village, believing there to be a lucky streak in place.
The store's management plans to commemorate this unexpected windfall with a celebration, splitting the $46,000 commission among their employees. Yoke's is an employee-owned supermarket chain based in Spokane, with around 1,000 employees across Washington, Idaho, and Montana at their 20 locations.
Washington Lottery's Expiring Prizes
In related news, the Washington Lottery urges the public to check their winning tickets as $1.7 million in prizes are set to expire. The lottery revealed that there are 34 winning tickets still out there worth $10,000 or more, expiring in the coming weeks.
The most significant unclaimed prize is a $440,000 Hit 5 ticket, which must be redeemed by May 21.
The Washington Lottery dictates that all winning tickets must be claimed within 180 days of the drawing date. Players who've won over $100,000 are advised to visit their nearest lottery office to safely and securely redeem their prize in-person. Bounds.ai
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