COLUMBUS — There were a number of unusual things about Thursday night's Ohio Lottery Buckeye Five drawing.

        There were 53 winning tickets sold — a record for the game and a number that's 10 to 12 times more than usual.

        Fifty-two tickets were sold at a Convenient Food Mart in Cleveland — all to the same person.

        And although each winning ticket usually is worth $100,000, the amount the big winner will get from the Ohio Lottery is about the same as he would win had he bought just 10 tickets.

        The lottery sets a $1 million cap on the amount it gives to winners of the $100,000 top jackpot in each Buckeye Five drawing.

        Once an 11th winning ticket is sold, the $1 million pot is split among the winning tickets. So when 53 tickets are sold, each winner gets about $18,868.

        That means the Cleveland winner walks away with 52 shares — about $981,132.

        The Bellefontaine winner gets the rest.

        Ajaib Singh is the manager of the store where the 52 tickets were sold. He said he knows the winner. “He plays every day,” Mr. Singh said.

        Neither of the winners has come forward.

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