James Carey, New Jersey Lottery acting executive director, announced that there were two third-tier prizewinning tickets sold for the Friday, Dec. 7th drawing that matched four of the five white balls and the Gold Mega Ball drawn winning the $10,000 prize.
One of those tickets was purchased with the Megaplier option, multiplying the prize to $30,000.
The winning tickets were sold at the following locations:
Bergen County ($30,000): Budy’s Wine & Liquors, 139 Hudson St., Hackensack; and
Burlington County ($10,000): Mart’s Liquor, 1305 Woodlane Rd., Eastampton.
The winning numbers for the Friday, Dec. 7th drawing were: 04, 10, 20, 33 and 57. The Gold Mega Ball was 13, and the Megaplier Multiplier was 03.
In addition, 18 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, 36,513 other New Jersey players took home $161,224 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.”