This Action News Jax original story was done in 2012. We are re-purposing this piece in hopes another lucky local wins Tuesday night's drawing from $654 million to $667 million, making it the third-largest grand prize in U.S. history.
The Welcome Food Store on Loretto Road is known as the luckiest lottery store in town for one simple reason.
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We''ve sold a lot of big jackpot winners, a lot," said Karen Reap, store manager at Welcome Food Stores.
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Reap said at least six big jackpots have been won here from big multi-state games, down to a single scratch-off ticket. "We''ve had a couple million dollars winners, a $10,000 winner, $15,000 winner," she said.
"I''ve been buying my tickets here for a long time," said one customer.
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Regular customers say they come here for the friendly customer service, but if a little luck happens to rub off on them that would be just fine.
"This is a great store. Most of our customers are like family. We root for people and fortunately, we''ve seen a lot of people win who are really great people. So it''s nice to see that," Reap said.