NEW JERSEY — There’s a new billionaire in New Jersey. The winning ticket for the $1.13 billion Mega Millions jackpot, drawn Tuesday night, was sold in the Garden State, lottery officials said early Wednesday.
The ticket matched all six numbers: 7, 11, 22, 29 and 38, plus the gold Mega Ball 4. The single winning ticket earned an estimated prize of $1.13 billion ($537.5 million cash).
It is the fifth largest jackpot in the history of the game, according to Mega Millions. The huge-winning ticket was sold at the ShopRite on Rt. 66 in Neptune Township, in Monmouth County, the NJ state Lottery just announced Wednesday morning.
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The winner has not been identified. However, NJ state Lottery Director James Carey will hold a press conference at noon Wednesday at the Neptune Twp. ShopRite, where he will present the store with a $30,000 bonus check for selling the winning ticket.
“Congratulations to the New Jersey Lottery for selling a jackpot-winning ticket in Tuesday’s $1.13 billion Mega Millions drawing,” said Georgia Lottery President and CEO Gretchen Corbin, lead director of the Mega Millions Consortium. “We celebrate our new jackpot winner, as well as all the prizes won and dollars raised for good causes during this exciting jackpot run.”
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Monmouth County ShopRite Sold The $1.13 Billion Lottery Ticket
Mega Millions is played in 45 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Tickets cost $2. Before Tuesday’s winner in New Jersey, the Mega Millions jackpot was last won on Dec. 8 with two tickets sold in California.
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