Revealed: the Bensonhurst Grocery That Sold the $5 Million VIP Millions Winner — and the Brooklyn LLC That Claimed It

BROOKLYN, N.Y. — The $5,000,000 VIP Millions top prize claimed on July 2 was sold at Bay Parkway Grocery Corp, an independent corner grocery at 8511 Bay Parkway in Bensonhurst — and the winner is staying anonymous, collecting the prize through a limited liability company called Shiny-Chev LLC of Brooklyn.

Those details come from records we obtained from the New York State Gaming Commission through a Freedom of Information Law request. The New York Lottery does not normally publish which store sold a scratch-off top prize, so unless a winner opts into a press release, a $5 million win like this one can pass without a trace. This one nearly did.

The win

Sometime in the last few weeks, a customer walked into Bay Parkway Grocery Corp — a small, independent grocery on the corner of Bay Parkway and 85th Street, a block from the elevated D train — and bought a $30 VIP Millions scratch-off worth $5,000,000.

On July 2, 2026, the prize was claimed at the New York Lottery's Long Island Customer Service Center in Plainview. The claimant of record is not a person but a company: Shiny-Chev LLC of Brooklyn, New York.

The Gaming Commission's records did not include the date the ticket was sold, and did not indicate whether the winner took the prize as a lump sum or an annuity. What the records do settle is the two questions the public data never answers: where the winning ticket was sold, and who — at least on paper — claimed it.

Who is Shiny-Chev LLC?

We don't know, and that is the point. New York allows lottery winners to claim prizes through a limited liability company or trust, and when they do, it is the entity's name that enters the public record — not the person behind it. For a life-changing prize claimed in a dense city neighborhood, it is an increasingly common move: the winner gets the money, and the neighbors never find out.

The name that will appear in the Lottery's records for this $5,000,000 win is simply Shiny-Chev LLC of Brooklyn. We are not going to speculate about who is behind it. What the structure tells you is that this winner planned the claim: setting up an LLC before walking into a claim center is the standard playbook that lottery attorneys recommend to big winners who want privacy.

The store: Bay Parkway Grocery Corp

The selling store, Bay Parkway Grocery Corp (retailer #95480), is exactly the kind of place most people walk past without a second look: an independent, non-chain grocery at 8511 Bay Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11214, in the heart of Bensonhurst.

• Type: independent grocery store (not part of any chain)
• Location: 8511 Bay Parkway at 85th Street, Bensonhurst, Brooklyn
• Scratch-off volume: roughly $399,000 in instant-game sales in the first half of 2026, and about $2.2 million since the start of 2024, according to New York's open retailer sales data

That sales pace — on the order of $15,000 a week in scratch-offs — makes it a solid neighborhood lottery stop, but nothing like the mega-volume delis and chain stores that dominate citywide sales charts. It is a reminder of something our data shows over and over: top prizes land where tickets are sold, roughly in proportion to volume, and no storefront is "due."

The game: VIP Millions ($30)

VIP Millions (game #1546) is one of New York's longest-running $30 scratch-off games, on sale since December 2022. It launched with four $5,000,000 top prizes, and this claim was the third — which means one $5,000,000 prize is still out there.

• Ticket price: $30
• Top prize: $5,000,000 — four at launch, three claimed, one remaining
• Odds of any prize: about 1 in 3.59
• Print run: about 21.9 million tickets; roughly 29% remain unsold (about 6.4 million tickets)
• Remaining top-prize odds: about 1 in 6.4 million across the unsold tickets

New York typically pulls a scratch-off game from sale only after its final top prize is claimed. With one $5,000,000 prize left, VIP Millions stays on shelves — and the last jackpot is sitting somewhere in the remaining 29 percent of the print run.

How we had the game ranked around the claim

Every day we re-score all 60-plus active New York scratch-off games and rank them by remaining value. Here is VIP Millions' run on our board around this claim, pulled from our archived daily snapshots — nothing edited after the fact:

We will be straight with you: VIP Millions was not our No. 1 pick. But look at what the model did around the claim. On July 1 — the day the state's own game page first flipped to one top prize remaining, and the day before the claim was formally processed in Plainview — VIP Millions jumped to #9 overall with a Smart Score of 89, its highest of the week. Then, the moment the claim showed up in the official feeds on July 2, the model docked the game 11 points overnight, dropping it to #16. That is exactly what a value model should do: reward a game while a jackpot is still on the board, and mark it down the instant that value leaves.

Our tracking caught the claim in real time

We snapshot the New York Lottery's remaining-prize data around the clock. Our logs show VIP Millions carried two $5,000,000 prizes through the late evening of July 1. On our 4:00 a.m. refresh on July 2, the count dropped to one — hours before most players woke up, and the same day the Gaming Commission's records show the claim was processed at Plainview. Our automated top-prize alert flagged the change and emailed subscribers that morning.

One $5,000,000 prize is still out there

The remaining jackpot is somewhere in roughly 6.4 million unsold tickets spread across New York's 15,000-plus lottery retailers. Nobody — not the Lottery, not the stores, not us — knows where it is. What we can tell you is how the game stacks up on value today: as of this morning, VIP Millions carries a Smart Score of 76.3, ranking #15 of 64 active games statewide and #6 among the eight $30 games. One jackpot in a big remaining print run keeps it interesting; the post-claim dock keeps it honest.

What to take away as a player

1. Follow the game, not the address. Bay Parkway Grocery Corp is not "lucky" — the winning ticket was decided at the printer. The value lives in the game: which top prizes and big mid-tier prizes are still on the board.
2. VIP Millions still has one jackpot left. One $5,000,000 prize remains in about 29% of the print run. The game stays on sale until it is found.
3. Privacy is an option in New York. This winner claimed through an LLC and kept their name out of the story entirely. If you ever hit big, talk to a lawyer before you sign the ticket.
4. Check the rankings before you buy. Our Smart Score updates daily on official New York Lottery data and reacts the same morning a top prize leaves the board.
5. Play within your means. Even the best-ranked $30 game is still a bet with a house edge. Treat it as entertainment, never as income.

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