John M. White, New Jersey Lottery acting executive director, announced that there was one third-tier prizewinning ticket sold for the Tuesday, March 6 drawing that matched four of the five white balls and the Gold Mega Ball drawn winning the $10,000 prize.
That ticket was purchased at Estevez Food, 341 East 19th St., Paterson in Passaic County.
If that ticket had been purchased with the Megaplier option, the prize would be multiplied to $50,000. The winning numbers for the Tuesday, March 6 drawing were: 01, 04, 26, 35 and 39. The Gold Mega Ball was 22, and the Megaplier Multiplier was 05.
In addition, 24 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 $2,500.
Moreover, 39,154 other New Jersey players took home $186,124 in prizes ranging from $2 to $1,000, according to White.
“Congratulations to the lottery winners and to the retailers that sold the winning tickets,” said White. “For selling the winning tickets, the retailers have become many more Lottery ‘lucky locations’ overnight.”