Inside a busy convenience store in Norwood stood a goldmine that someone’s ready to collect.

And while it’s still unclear who won the $10.7 million lottery prize at TS Stationery at 3401 Jerome Ave., one thing’s certain: the winner’s a store regular.

News of the jackpot winner on Monday caused quite the buzz at the store that falls within the Jerome Gun Hill Business Improvement District, one of the few stores within the strip where customers can play the lottery. It’s there where Ms. Lee, the owner, worked the lotto machine on Friday. An employee with the New York State Gaming Commission was also on hand to give Lee a promotional sign boasting about the gigantic prize.

Ms. Lee, who’s owned the store for the last twenty years, said she wasn’t around when the winning numbers were punched. But Mohammed Tuhi, a four-year employee at the store, was. He didn’t know the winner’s name, but knows he’s stopped by several times. Help from the store’s surveillance cameras may be able to ID the customer, said Tuhi. The last notable winner happened last December where one customer won $100,000. That customer remains a regular, according to Tuhi.

Plenty of customers had lots of ideas for what should be done with that recent windfall. Irizarry Jose, a customer waiting to put in his numbers, said he would “get as far away from New York City as possible.”

“I get a place to live–a house, a boat–and just stay over there for the rest of my days,” said Jose, 63.

As a means of concealing their identity, one person said the winner would “hire a lawyer, create a limited liability partnership and no one knows who won.”

That may not be so easy since New York State still mandates winners go public. The matter to bar the identities from coming forward was brought before the State Legislature last year, but vetoed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, arguing the the practice indicates to the public that the state hasn’t siphoned any jackpots.

Steven Ortiz, a Norwood resident, had other plans. “I think the first thing that I would probably do is find a new place to live, find a temporary rental or something like that, maybe close my social media accounts,” said Ortiz, who doesn’t mind sharing some of it. “If anything, it shows that it’s real. Sometimes I don’t know anybody who won a super big prize like that.”

Another customer, who went by Ms. Stokes, said the person who won “probably left town.”

It’s unclear whether the New York State Gaming Commission will host a celebration for the store and winner.