Market that sold $1.7 billion winning lottery ticket burglarized

• Video shows surveillance footage of two burglars at Midway Market and Liquor, the store that sold a $1.7 billion winning lottery ticket.
• At around 3:27 a.m. on Tuesday, two people in black hoodies and white facemasks broke into the market.
• The thieves stole rows of lottery tickets, high-end tequila, and cigarettes.

BROADCAST TRANSCRIPT:

You may recognize the Midway Market as the local store that sold a billion dollar lottery ticket .

While it’s garnered a ton of community support, it seems all the publicity may come at a cost.

Midway Market owner, Andy Khalil, walks us frame-by-frame through the security video.

“It took them only like a minute and a half, that’s it,” said Khalil.

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Two thieves shattered the glass door before rushing to the register.

Khalil said he was up at 3:00 a.m. that morning. “I just want to check the weather in the area,” Khalil said. “As soon as I picked up my phone, the alarm company sent me a notification, it seems like someone entered the store.”

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