Safeway on Grant Rd in Wenatchee Tops the List as “Luckiest Store” for Scratch Wins

OLYMPIA – With St. Patrick’s Day upon us, Washington’s Lottery is sharing its “Luckiest Stores” – retail locations that have sold the most Scratch tickets with prizes worth $1,000 or more in the previous calendar year. Washington’s Lottery has released a “Luckiest Stores” list for six regions around the state: Tri-Cities, Puget Sound, Olympic Peninsula, Eastern Washington, Southwest Washington, and Central Washington.

The Safeway located on 510 Grant Rd in East Wenatchee is the “Luckiest Store” in Central Washington with seven big Scratch wins in 2017.

The top 10 “Luckiest Stores” around Central Washington are:

• Seven Big Wins: Safeway at 510 Grant Rd in East Wenatchee
• Four Big Wins: Fred Meyer at 11 Grant Rd in East Wenatchee
• Four Big Wins: Selah Conoco 301 S 1st St in Selah
• Four Big Wins: Safeway at 205 N 5th Ave in Yakima
• Four Big Wins: Safeway at 711 W 1st Ave in Toppenish
• Four Big Wins: Safeway at 400 N Ruby St in Ellensburg
• Three Big Wins: North Ave Market at 1816 N Wenatchee Ave in Wenatchee
• Three Big Wins: Apple Bin Shell at 3707 W Nob Hill Blvd in Yakima
• Three Big Wins: Beer Wine & More at 116 N Chelan Ave in Wenatchee
• Three Big Wins: Wray’s Meadowbrook at 7200 W Nob Hill Blvd in Yakima

When winners from the Central Washington Region were asked how they plan to spend the money, here is what they shared:

• “When I got home and scratched my ticket, I didn’t think I’d won as much as I did. It wasn’t until I took my ticket back to the store that I found out it was a big winner!” said the Yakima resident and mother of five. She told Washington’s Lottery officials she plans to pay bills, buy a new van for her husband and put some of the prize money toward a car for her son, who’s a senior in high school.
• A Wenatchee resident shared that she would celebrate her win with a trip to The Big Apple to see a Broadway show. In a conversation with Lottery officials, the woman shared that she was in the middle of a home remodel, doing much of the work herself. She was excited to use her prize money to get some help moving furniture and installing updates.

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Proceeds from Washington’s Lottery benefit the Washington Opportunity Pathways Account, providing grants to college students statewide. To learn more about Washington’s Lottery, its beneficiaries and to review all up-to-date winning numbers, please visit www.walottery.com.

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WASHINGTON’S LOTTERY: Since 1982, Washington’s Lottery has generated more than $3 billion to support important state programs including the Washington Opportunity Pathways Account. Money in the Pathways Account goes toward helping students achieve their higher education dreams and supports early childhood education learning programs. The state’s Lottery offers consumers several types of games: Mega Millions, Powerball, Lotto, Hit 5, Match 4, Daily Game, Daily Keno and Scratch. For more information, visit www.walottery.com or join our online community on Facebook at www.facebook.com/walottery and follow us on Twitter and Instagram @walottery.

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