Carole Hedinger, New Jersey Lottery executive director, announced that there was one New Jersey ticket sold that matched the five white balls drawn winning the $1,000,000 second-tier prize for the Tuesday, June 28 drawing.
That ticket was sold at Christi’s, 6415 Delilah Rd., Egg Harbor Township in Atlantic County. If that ticket had been purchased with the Megaplier option it would have increased the prize to $2,000,000.
In addition, there were seven tickets sold that matched the four white balls and the Gold Mega Ball winning the third-tier prize of $5,000 each.
One of those tickets was purchased with the Megaplier option, multiplying the prize to $10,000.
Those winning tickets were purchased at the following locations:
· Bergen County: A & S Liquors Store, 600 Riverside Ave., Lyndhurst, $10,000 winner;
· Bergen County: Lukoil, 149 Rt. 17 North Highland Cross, Rutherford;
· Burlington County: Fast & Friendly Food Mart, 129 East Mill Rd., Maple Shade;
· Essex County: Verona Wine Cellar, 360 Bloomfield Ave., Verona;
· Morris County: The Wine Rack, Sutton Plaza, 293 Rt. 206, Unit 4, Flanders;
· Passaic County: OM Krishna Grocery, 75 Gregory Ave., Passaic; and
· Somerset County: Bedminster Exxon, 505 Rt. 202-206 So., Bedminster.
In addition, 88 players’ tickets matched the four white balls winning $500 each. If those tickets were purchased with the Megaplier option, they would have been worth $1,000 each. Moreover, 289,978 other New Jersey players took home $477,507 in prizes ranging from $1 to $100, 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 Tuesday, June 28 drawing were: 15, 17, 20, 35 and 55. The Gold Mega Ball was 07, and the Megaplier Multiplier was 02.
The Mega Millions jackpot rolls to $415,000,000 for the next drawing, which will be held Friday, July 1 at 11:00 pm. Powerball and Mega Millions drawings can be seen on WABC TV stations. Mega Millions tickets are sold in 46 participating jurisdictions. Drawings are held on Tuesdays and Fridays.