Carole Hedinger, New Jersey Lottery executive director, announced that there was one $1 million second prize New Jersey winner whose ticket matched the 5 white balls from the Friday, November 27 Mega Millions drawing. If that ticket had been purchased with the Megaplier option it would have been worth $3,000,000.
The $1,000,000 winning ticket was sold in Atlantic County at City $.99 Cents Market, 1410 Atlantic Ave., Atlantic City.
There were 12 players whose tickets matched the 4 white balls making each ticket worth $500. One of those tickets was purchased with the Megaplier option making it worth $1,500. Moreover, 54,880 other New Jersey players took home $95,298 in prizes ranging from $1 to $150, according to Hedinger.
“Congratulations to the lottery winners and to the retailers that sold all of those winning tickets,” said Hedinger. “For selling the winning tickets, the retailers have become many more Lottery ‘lucky locations’ overnight.”
The winning numbers for the Friday, November 27 drawing were: 16, 20, 39, 56 and 59. The Gold Mega Ball was 12, and the Megaplier Multiplier was 03.