Here are the ‘luckiest’ places to buy lottery tickets in the Tri-Cities
Some places in the Tri-Cities appear luckier than others for people buying lottery tickets.
Washington’s Lottery ran the numbers on Tri-Cities stores that sold the most tickets paying out $1,000 or more in winnings to determine the 10 “luckiest.”
Safeway at 1803 George Washington Way in Richland topped the list with seven tickets.
No. 2 was the Pasco Yoke’s Fresh Market at 4905 North Road 68.
It dropped a place in the ranking from 2021, when it finished first.
Five stores tied for third place for 2022, each selling five winning tickets each.
The Kennewick Fred Meyer, 2811 West 10th Ave., and the Pasco Circle K at 4823 Broadmoor Blvd., were among those selling five winners. Both also made the Top 10 list for the Tri-Cities in 2021 and 2020.
Two others selling five winning tickets were in Richland — Winco Foods at 101 Columbia Point Drive and Yoke’s Fresh Market at 445 Keene Road. In addition, 7-Eleven at 4313 W. Court Street in Pasco sold five tickets.
Taking the eight, ninth and tenth places as luckiest in the Tri-Cities were three stores that each sold four tickets worth $1,000 or more.
They included the Mid-Columbia Grocery at 6409 W. Court Street in Pasco and two Circle Ks, — the Richland store at 1401 George Washington Way and the Kennewick store at 2105 West Fourth Avenue.
The three Circle Ks on the Tri-Cities 10 “luckiest” list sold a total of 13 tickets worth at least $1,000.
The top seller of lucky tickets statewide was in the more populous South Puget Sound region.
The Safeway in Milton, Wash., just east of Tacoma and on Interstate 5, sold 16 of the most valuable tickets.
Even if you were not among the winning ticket buyers, you can still take solace in knowing that the tickets you have purchased helped generate more than $4.5 billion to support state programs since 1982.
They include the Washington Opportunity Pathways Account, which received nearly $186 million from the state lottery in fiscal 2021. That was enough to pay college tuition for 18,000 Washington residents.
It also provided 25% of the annual budget for the state’s Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program, which provides services to about 15,000 children.
