The Luckiest Places to Buy a Lottery Ticket in Virginia

Whether you are chasing the next Powerball jackpot or just picking up a scratcher with your morning coffee, location matters. Based on data from 2024 and 2025, we have identified the "luckiest" retailers across the Commonwealth—from a small town in the Northern Neck to a specific 7-Eleven in Southwest Virginia.

Here is where luck has been living lately.

1. The "Jackpot King": E & C Mid-Atlantic (Burgess, VA)

• The Win: $348 Million (Mega Millions)

• When: June 2025

  
  
  

• Location: 14878 Northumberland Highway, Burgess, VA

If you want to visit the undisputed heavyweight champion of Virginia lottery retailers, you need to head to the Northern Neck. In June 2025, this modest convenience store sold the single largest winning ticket in the history of the Virginia Lottery—a $348 million Mega Millions jackpot. The store owner, Juan Torres, called it "the luckiest store in Virginia," and the numbers back him up.

2. The "Lucky Town": Dublin, VA

• The Win: $1 Million (Powerball, Nov 2025) & $161 Million (Powerball, 2023)

• Location: 7-Eleven, 4625 Cleburne Boulevard (and nearby stations)

For a town with a population of under 3,000, Dublin in Pulaski County punches way above its weight class.

• The Trend: Most recently, in November 2025, a $1 million winning Powerball ticket was sold at the 7-Eleven on Cleburne Blvd.

• The History: This comes just two years after another store in the same small town sold a massive $161 million jackpot ticket. If you are driving down I-81, this is the exit to take for a ticket.

3. The "Millionaire Makers": Northern Virginia

Loudoun and Fairfax counties are wealthy areas, and apparently, the lottery tickets there are rich, too. Several stores have minted millionaires in the last 12 months:

• Ashburn: Harris Teeter (Ashbrook Commons Plaza) — Sold a $1 million Powerball ticket in November 2024.

• Herndon: McNair Farms Sunoco (Coppermine Road) — Sold a $1 million New Year's Raffle ticket in Jan 2025.

• Arlington: Harris Teeter (S. George Mason Dr.) — Also sold a $1 million Raffle ticket in Jan 2024.

4. The "Silent" Winner: Your Phone

• The Stat: Online Sales > Retail Sales (FY2024)

The biggest shift in "lucky" locations isn't a store at all—it's your couch. In Fiscal Year 2024, for the first time ever, online lottery sales surpassed retail sales in Virginia.

• Why it matters: With more people playing on the app, a massive percentage of daily winners are now digital. If you don't want to drive to Burgess or Dublin, the data suggests your odds are just as good (if not better due to volume) playing from your phone.

5. Regional Hotspots: Where to Go Near You

If you aren't near the big winners above, here are the local "lucky" spots that have sold $1M+ tickets recently:

• Hampton Roads: Aberdeen Food Mart in Hampton (Sold a $7 million Cash4Life ticket in Nov 2025) and Wawa on Kempsville Rd in Chesapeake ($2 million winner).
• Richmond Area: Quick N Easy on W. Broad St. is officially the #1 retailer by volume in the city, making it a statistically higher-probability spot for winners.
• Central VA: Beulah BP Mart in Chesterfield and Kroger in Mechanicsville both sold $1 million tickets in late 2024.
• Shenandoah Valley: Food Lion on Windward Dr. in Fishersville sold a $1 million Raffle ticket in Jan 2025.