Store gets lots of attention after selling winning lottery ticket

Comment #18

copper2 — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:27:56 GMT

I was in that store last week people are nuts ...whose nuts ? c2

Comment #17

ThatScaryChick — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:05:25 GMT

Congrats to them! I wonder if they are going to have a lot of family coming out of the wood work now wanting some of there winnings

Comment #16

bashley572 — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:00:31 GMT

The winners finally came forward, great long-time residents of the area with alot of family in the area. If I understand right the parents in their 70's had the (5) kids share the win with them - so all of them are the winners

Comment #15

tiggs95 — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 23:54:57 GMT

When a store clerk ask me for a tip if I hit I don't go there for a long time..At a Shell station when the Powerball was way way up there she said if you hit the so many millions you can give me a milllion..She won't be seeing me anything soon..I'll give a nice tip if I hit something big and the clerk has never asked for anything..Krogers has good employees and has never hinted about a tip..Maybe it's store policy?..Other small stores in my area have never said anything about a tip..... [ More ]

Comment #14

RichinNJ — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 23:38:08 GMT

I totally agree. I hope store owners understand that if there are two places near me that serve similar items, and one puts out a tip jar but the other doesn't, I'll visit the place without a tip jar. People behind the counter aren't waitresses.

As for this store, sure I'd leave a hefty tip. 20% is a hefty tip, right? I'd give him 20% ... on the price of the ticket. I'd drop two dimes on the counter and laugh.

Seriously, if I won a big prize, and if I knew the person working the counter, I... [ More ]

Comment #13

bashley572 — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 08:49:56 GMT

This is really cool to watch as this is where I live! Perfect store to have sold the ticket, small local community store as opposed to a big chain gas station.

Comment #12

Prob988 — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:52:11 GMT

The store where I buy my Powerball tickets had a $233 million dollar prize sold in it.

(Boy did I check my tickets when that happened! Alas! It wasn't me.)

They definitely under emphasized the win. Although the store distributed bonuses to the employees they found the whole thing very disruptive.

They will only discuss it if you ask them, and then always with impatience.

Comment #11

ThatScaryChick — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:33:46 GMT

lol. I don't think I would even do that. The store already got a nice bonus and now they are hoping for a hefty tip from the winner? If that was me, they would probably would not even see me in their store again. There is a difference between someone being nice and giving a tip on their own and then employees demanding to get a share of a winning ticket.

Comment #10

CowboysFan — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:12:26 GMT

He hopes the winner gives him a hefty tip? lol. Yeah right dude! If I was the winner and if I read that quote I would walk back into the store and drop a $5 bill on his counter and say Here you go. Here's your hefty tip, and then just walk on out.

Comment #9

RJOh — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:58:06 GMT

Obviously this guy is dreaming. He apparently doesn't think the $10,000 he'll get from the state for selling the ticket is adequate (hefty enough) and he hopes the winner will use his winnings to help the area.

Comment #8

maringoman — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:23:02 GMT

what happened to people waiting to be given something? are we so forthright that we're now loudly hoping for hefty tips. I like the old fashioned way how people did things and expected nothing but a thank you.

I once read one of those rave and rants on a Boston magazine. A barista at Starbucks was ranting that he was not tipped after doing his job. This greed, and yes I called it greed, is what caused all the mess the country is in right now.

Comment #7

spy153 — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:11:09 GMT

I mean that's such a big thing with all of the states that are involved and this is the first time NY State has had a first prize winner, so it puts you on the map, its really cool , said store owner, Robert Fantacone.

That was so NOT the first time NY has had a first prize winner!

And I would tip the clerk that sold me the winning ticket. But only if it was one that is use to me and is nice to me. Some of mine are very good to me. Others don't bat an eyelash or even crack a smi... [ More ]

Comment #6

OldSchoolPa — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:54:50 GMT

I was just about to hit the back button when I read the store owners request for a hefty tip....and my first thought is Get the f*ck outta here! The day I win, no clerk should expect to receive a single red cent...unless I am still filling out the slip and they say something like, gotta feeling about X number , and I mark it and my ticket matches all 6 numbers. Now I wouldn't make him/her a 1/6th partner or anything foolish like that...but I would probably tip a C note or something. Not because... [ More ]

Comment #5

grandpajohn — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:21:48 GMT

The place I buy my ticket if the owner is in there she will go Hope you win so you can buy this place. I just laugh at her when she says that.One day I was thinking why not buy her out it would give me something to do when not out speading my winnings. LOL

Comment #4

RJOh — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:07:09 GMT

We hope its somebody who needs the money, that will put it back into the area and do good for everybody said Fantacone.

The owner of Chase's Cigar Store is hoping the person who bought the winning ticket is one of his regular customers - and remembers who sold it to him or her....... Best case scenario, it's somebody that we know that's been a regular for years, and they'll show us their gratitude by giving us a nice hefty tip, said Bob Fantacone, who owns Chase's Cigar Store

This guys sou... [ More ]

Comment #3

Kaptainess — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:31:32 GMT

My local channel 10 keeps going to this 7-11 when there is a big jackpot, the clerk is the nastiest person on the planet!! He makes you wait while he serves six or more customers with chips and soda even if you were there first. Once there was this college kid that looked as if she was doing a week's worth of shopping!! The huge Acme is one block away! I went there a few times, but will now go miles to avoid this place. I now have a favorite place and going to keep it! In a way, I'm happy that c... [ More ]

Comment #2

ricky p — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:01:52 GMT

Finally someone in Ny start winning big. I might be the next big winner

Comment #1

MaddMike51 — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:33:32 GMT

The store gets a $10,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket and the owner hopes that the winner gives the store a a nice hefty tip

Store gets lots of attention after selling winning lottery ticket

Lottery Post — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:47:12 GMT

Crowds of customers packed into Chase's Cigar Store in the Eastwood section of Syracuse Sunday, hoping some lottery luck would rub off on them.

A customer at Chase's Cigar Store on James Street purchased the winning Mega Millions ticket worth $35 million dollars last week. Ever since the news broke, business has been booming.

I mean that's such a big thing with all of the states that are involved and this is the first time NY State has had a first prize winner, so it puts you on the map,... [ More ]