$1 Million Winner In NJ As $1B Mega Millions Jackpot Is Won

NEW JERSEY – One $1 million ticket was sold in New Jersey on Friday just as the $1 billion Mega Millions jackpot was won elsewhere.

Friday night’s Mega Millions drawing again produced millions of winning tickets, including a very lucky jackpot ticket in Michigan. That was the only ticket to match all six numbers drawn on Jan. 22 – the white balls 4, 26, 42, 50 and 60, plus the gold Mega Ball 24.

In New Jersey, there was one second-tier prizewinning ticket sold for the Friday drawing that matched five of the five white balls drawn, winning the $1 million prize. The ticket was purchased at 7-Eleven #11027, 2075 Route 88, in Brick.

There were 10 third-tier prizewinning tickets sold that matched four of the five white balls and the gold ball, winning $10,000. Those tickets were purchased at the following locations:

• Bergen County: Krauszer’s Food Store, 403 Midland Ave., Garfield;
• Burlington County: Wawa #8423, 76 Springside Rd., Westampton;
• Mercer County: 7-Eleven #27391, 1517 Pennington Ave., Ewing;
• Mercer County: Pennington Luk Oil LLC, 2558 Pennington Rd., Pennington;
• Middlesex County: Park Deli, 80 Raritan Ave., Highland Park;
• Monmouth County: Little Silver Family Pharmacy, 10 Church St., Little Silver;
• Morris County: Krauszer’s Food Store, 95 West Main St., Chester;
• Passaic County: 7-Eleven #11463, 356 Rifle Camp Rd., Woodland Park;
• Sussex County: 7-Eleven #37251, 63 Water St., Newton; and,
• Warren County: Mini Mart, 1312 US Highway 22 East, Phillipsburg.

In addition to the second and third-tier prizes won, 236 players matched four of the five white balls drawn, making each ticket worth $500. Fifteen of those tickets were purchased with the Megaplier option, multiplying the prizes to $1,000.

Moreover, 389,264 other New Jersey players took home $1,455,848 in prizes ranging from $2 to $400.

The estimated $1 billion million jackpot was the third-largest prize in American lottery history, below only two billion-dollar-plus jackpots: the world-record Powerball jackpot of $1.586 billion on Jan. 13, 2016 and the current Mega Millions record of $1.537 billion on Oct. 23, 2018.

The latter is the world’s largest prize won on a single ticket, as the Powerball record was shared by three winning tickets, lottery officials said.

A total of 10 tickets matched the five white balls to win the game’s second prize on Friday. Two of those included the optional Megaplier, a $1 extra purchase available in most states. Sold in North Carolina and Virginia, they are worth $2 million each after the 2X Megaplier was drawn.

The other eight are worth $1 million – two each in Florida and New York, and one each in Maryland, Missouri, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

While the jackpot returning to $20 million, prizes at all other levels continue to add up during this roll, which began after the jackpot was last won in Wisconsin on Sept. 15.

View all New Jersey Lottery game winning numbers and drawings for the Pick-3, Pick-4, Jersey Cash 5, Pick-6, CASH4LIFE and 5 Card Cash games on the Lottery website (www.NJLottery.com) or on the official Lottery Facebook Page.

Evening draws, with the exception of CASH4LIFE and 5 Card Cash, can be seen on WPIX-TV (PIX11) in New York and WPHL-TV (PHL17) in Philadelphia. Powerball and Mega Millions drawings can be seen on WABC-TV or WTXF stations.