Party World on Alpine Avenue in Comstock Park is known as the “luckiest place in Michigan to buy lottery tickets” after a streak of big winners started twelve years ago with a $57 million dollar win.
“We’re at a total of ten winners of over $50 thousand or more now.”
Store manager Dave Castor says retailers receive commissions for selling winning tickets, and that can be a big help to small businesses where every dollar counts.
“Selling a MegaMillions or a Powerball jackpot, you get $50,000. Otherwise the most you can get is $2,000 but we’ll take every little bit we can get.”
According to the Michigan Lottery, tickets are sold at more than 10,000 locations in the state.
Retailers were paid more than $350 million in commissions this year.
Under state law, all profits from the lottery go to the School Aid Fund, which has totaled more than $1 billion dollars each of the last five years.
