Over $600 million in jackpots are waiting to be won during these holidays: the Mega Millions jackpot is a colossal $348 million for Friday night’s drawing and the jackpot for tonight’s Powerball game is a whopping $294 million.
James Carey, New Jersey Lottery acting executive director, announced that there was one third-tier prizewinning ticket sold for the Tuesday, Dec. 25th drawing that matched four of the five white balls and the Gold Mega Ball drawn winning the $10,000 prize. If that ticket had been purchased with the Megaplier option, it would have multiplied the prize to $30,000.
The ticket was sold at 7-Eleven #10947, 2071 Whitehorse-Mercerville Rd., Mercerville in Mercer County. The winning numbers for the Tuesday, Dec. 25th drawing were: 02, 08, 42, 43 and 50. The Gold Mega Ball was 06, and the Megaplier Multiplier was 03.
In addition, 44 other players matched four of the five white balls drawn making each ticket worth $500. One of those tickets was purchased with the Megaplier option, multiplying the prize to $1,500. Moreover, 59,469 other New Jersey players took home $236,626 in prizes ranging from $2 to $600, 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.”