RETAILER ROUNDUP: Jack’s Fine Food Sells $50,000-Winning Powerball Ticket
JACK’S FINE FOOD, BALTIMORE
FRIDAY NIGHT POWERBALL PURCHASE GIVES BALTIMORE MAN A $50,000 PAYDAY
Holding the banner are Owner Harry Patel (left) and Employee Amit.
A BALTIMORE PLAYER told Lottery officials that he loves Fridays. It is the last day of the work week and the one night that he purchases Powerball tickets for the week. “Friday is my day,” he said with a smile.
Friday was also the day he purchased a Powerball ticket that won a $50,000 third-tier prize. The player found Lottery luck waiting on Feb. 9 at Jack’s Fine Food, located at 4519 Kenwood Avenue in Baltimore. The government worker purchased a $12 ticket for the Saturday and Monday night drawings. He chose two lines of numbers that tie in with family birthdays and added a lone quick-pick line, which won the third-tier prize in the Monday, Feb. 12 drawing.
The loyal player’s ticket had 17, 39, 43, 53, 67 and the Powerball of 14, missing out on the $270 million jackpot by one number. When he went back to the business to scan the ticket and check for a prize, the startled player saw he won $50,000.
“I kept it to myself. When I saw I was a winner, I took a picture and put the ticket in my pocket,” he said.
The avid golfer planned to use his prize to help pay his son’s college tuition.
Although Jack’s Fine Food didn’t receive a bonus for selling a third-tier winning Powerball ticket, the business did receive a celebration banner promoting the lucky ticket. Lottery District Sales Manager Steve Corbin delivered the banner to Owner Harry Patel.
STEVE CORBIN
This Expanded Cashing Authority Program retailer sells 100 scratch-off facings through a Lottery vending machine and dispensers. Two Wave terminals help clerks provide excellent customer service to Lottery players and keep lines moving.
This lucky retailer, featured on Retailer Corner in November 2023, also sold a $50,000-winning scratch-off in 2024. The store sold five prize-winning tickets and scratch-offs of $10,000 to $50,000 in 2023.
Lottery sales are strong at this location. Jack’s Fine Food has exceeded its Lottery sales goal for two of the three quarters of Fiscal Year 2024. It achieved 113.81% of its goal in the second quarter and 103.55% in the third quarter. This lucky Lottery retailer’s sales are on pace to surpass its fourth quarter revenue goal as well as its fiscal year goal.
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