TRENTON (Oct. 9, 2018) – James Carey, New Jersey Lottery acting executive director, announced that the Mega Millions jackpot has climbed to $470 million, the sixth highest Mega Millions jackpot in history.
Officials say in New Jersey, there were three third-tier prizewinning tickets sold for the Friday, Oct. 5th drawing that matched four of the five white balls and the Gold Mega Ball drawn winning the $10,000 prize. Those tickets were purchased at the following locations:
**Monmouth County:** Shoprite #637, 1801 Route 35, Belmar;
**Somerset County:** Basking Ridge Exxon, 305 King George Rd., Basking Ridge; and
**Union County:** Krauszer’s Food Store, 978 St. Georges Ave., Rahway.
If those tickets had been purchased with the Megaplier option, the prizes would be multiplied to $20,000. The winning numbers for the Friday, Oct. 5th drawing were: 27, 28, 32, 41 and 69.
The Gold Mega Ball was 12, and the Megaplier Multiplier was 02.