$1M Powerball ticket sold in the South Bronx still unclaimed after more than a week

Customers shop at Fairfield Food Inc. in the South Bronx on Thursday, July 27, 2023.

Photo ET Rodriguez

Everyone knows someone who dreams of winning the lottery, so it might come as a surprise that a winning Powerball ticket sold in the Bronx more than one week ago still has yet to be claimed.

Fairfield Food Inc., inside of a gas station located at 2523 3rd Ave. in the South Bronx, was the fateful location that housed a lottery ticket that won $1 million in Powerball earnings — the New York Lottery announced on Tuesday, July 18.

Sunny Kumar — who has been the manager of Fairfield Food for several years — claimed to actually know the winner, and said the person is a deserving and loyal customer who has kids and works “multiple” jobs.

“We’re happy that we sold it to somebody who needed the money, for sure,” he said. “It’s going to make a big difference in their life.”

Kumar would not disclose the Powerball winner by name, however.

Other customers told the Bronx Times they were shocked to find out that the Powerball winner is from the South Bronx area. One man — who did not want to give his name — paying for gas on Thursday said he assumed the winner will move somewhere else.

“They’re outta here,” he said.

The South Bronx has long been deemed one of the lowest income areas not just in New York City, but also nationwide. Last December, a report by state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli found that in the area — which is made up of 98% Black and Latino families, according to census data — more than 40% of the region’s children live in poverty.

The Fairfield Food ticket was a second-place prize in the amount of $1 million. The ticket had matched up with five of the drawn Powerball numbers, just short of a red Powerball jackpot — in which every single number on the ticket matches up. The winning Fairfield Food numbers were 5, 8, 9, 17 and 41, with the red Powerball number being 21 with a multiplier of…