James Carey, New Jersey Lottery acting executive director, announced that there were four third-tier prizewinning tickets sold for the Tuesday, Sept, 18 drawing that matched four of the five white balls and the Gold Mega Ball drawn winning the $10,000 prize.
Those tickets were purchased at the following locations:
Hudson County: Vicky 22, 111 14th St., Hoboken;
Morris County: Speedway #3463, 60 Route 46 E., Mountain Lakes;
Somerset County: Shop Rite, 435 Elizabeth Ave., Somerset; and
Union County: 7-Eleven #24107, 317 Morris Ave., Summit.
If those tickets had been purchased with the Megaplier option, the prizes would be multiplied to $20,000. The winning numbers for the Tuesday, Sept. 18 drawing were: 31, 32, 43, 63 and 68. The Gold Mega Ball was 17, and the Megaplier Multiplier was 02.
In addition, 20 other players matched four of the five white balls drawn making each ticket worth $500. Two of those tickets were purchased with the Megaplier option, multiplying the prize to $1,000. Moreover, 35,128 other New Jersey players took home $130,652 in prizes ranging from $2 to $400, according to Carey.
“Congratulations to the lottery winners and to the retailers that sold the winning tickets,” said Carey. “For selling the winning tickets, the retailers have become many more Lottery ‘lucky locations’ overnight.”