HURRICANE, West Virginia (AP) -- With $340 million up for grabs in the second-biggest lottery jackpot in U.S. history, people trekked to a small-town West Virginia convenience store to buy their tickets Tuesday in the apparent belief that lightning can strike twice in the same place.Nearly three years ago, it was the C&L Super Serve in Hurricane that sold the ticket that made West Virginia contractor Jack Whittaker the winner of the nation's biggest undivided jackpot: $314.9 million in the multi-state Powerball lottery.Wednesday's Powerball jackpot climbed into the stratosphere after 20 straight drawings in which no one won the grand prize."It's a lot a money to win for just playing a dollar," 18-year-old construction worker Danny Loudin said after buying his ticket at the C&L.Twenty-seven states offer Powerball, along with the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.Edward Jarvis, a 39-year-old real estate agent, drove from New York's Long Island to Greenwich, Connecticut, to buy $120 worth of tickets."That's worth an hour or two out of your day," he said. "It's cheaper than going to Atlantic City for a heck of a lot better return if you win."What would he do if he won?"Not work," he said, then changed it to work less. "It would be nice to be debt-free. I'd spend a lot more time with my kids and do the things I like to do -- golf."The odds of hitting all six numbers are 1 in 146 million.The biggest lottery jackpot in U.S. history is $363 million, won by two ticket holders in Illinois and Michigan in 2000.Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.