Thousands Test Just How 'Lucky' Famous Beaumont Store Is

BEAUMONT, CA- With just hours left to buy a ticket for tonight’s billion dollar Powerball game, retailers are seeing record sales numbers. And here in Beaumont, a famously “lucky” store is no exception.

Ziggy’s Spirit Shoppe on 6th Street tells Banning-Beaumont Patch that they’ve seen a continuous line of Powerball patrons since opening at 7 a.m., and they estimate they’ve sold thousands of tickets thus far for the $1.5 billion game.

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When Patch stopped by around 2 p.m. Wednesday, the line wrapped through the aisles of the market, and the parking lot was full. Nearly every person who approached the register had cash in hand for Powerball.

Ziggy’s has been dubbed one of the Pass area’s official “lucky” lotto stores by the California Lottery, having paid out large amounts of prizes over the last year.

Long known among locals as a lucky spot, it was in 2013 that the store bankrolled a $36 millionaire— after having just sold a $6.5 million ticket months earlier.

Since then, the luck has continued for several people who’ve bought tickets from the lottery retailer, including a recent $10,000 scratcher pay out.

Time will tell if the luck will continue following tonight’s drawing. Remember, if you’re looking to buy a ticket for Powerball, sales close promptly at 7 p.m. in California.

Click here to search for all California Lottery retailers. Click on ‘lucky retailers’ if you want to buy your ticket from a spot that paid out large amounts of prizes to players in the last calendar year.

Find out how to play Powerball here.