New Jersey Lottery Acting Executive Director James Carey announced that a South Carolina State Lottery ticketholder won the Mega Millions jackpot from the Tuesday, Oct. 23rd drawing winning the $1.6 billion and two New Jersey players won $1 million.
The $1 million winning tickets were purchased at the following locations:
Camden County: Quick Food Store, 102 North Berlin Rd., Lindenworld; and
Gloucester County: Plaza Liquors, 1450 Clements Bridge Rd., Deptford.
The winning numbers for the Tuesday, Oct. 23rd drawing were: 05, 28, 62, 65 and 70. The Gold Mega Ball was 05, and the Megaplier Multiplier was 03.
In addition, 15 New Jersey Lottery ticketholders each won a $10,000 third prize for matching four out of the five white balls and the Gold Mega Ball. One of those tickets was purchased with the Megaplier option, multiplying the prize to $30,000.
The winning tickets were purchased at the following locations:
Middlesex County ($30,000): Krauszer’s Food Store, 2242 Route 130 No., North Brunswick;
Atlantic County ($10,000): Northfield News & Tobacco, 1205 Tilton Rd., Northfield;
Bergen County ($10,000): City Place C - Store, 18 The Promenade., Edgewater;
Bergen County ($10,000): Park Stationary, 204 Main St., Ridgefield Park;
Burlington County ($10,000): Wawa #915, 257 Route 70 & Eayrestown Rd., Medford;
Essex County ($10,000): Three Sisters Bakery, 198 Van Buren St., Newark;
Essex County ($10,000): JNC Mini Market #2, 661 South 18th St., Newark;
Hudson County ($10,000): Shayona Newsstand, 10 Exchange Place, Jersey City;
Monmouth County ($10,000): 7-Eleven #11037, 326 Morristown Rd., Matawan;
Monmouth County ($10,000): Quick Chek #81, 147 Cherry Tree Farm Rd., Middletown;
Middlesex County ($10,000): Somerset County Convenience, 1004 Livingston Ave., North Brunswick;
Ocean County ($10,000): Circle K – Manahawkin, 1504 Route. 72 & Breakers Dr., Manahawkin;
Ocean County ($10,000): Plaza Wines & Liquor, 260 North County Line Rd., Jackson;
Somerset County ($10,000): Bottle Republic, 1760 Easton Ave Ste. 11-B, Somerset; and
Warren County ($10,000): Family Food Market, 2015 Route 57, Hackettstown.
In addition, 398 other players matched four of the five white balls drawn making each ticket worth $500. Twentythree of those tickets were purchased with the Megaplier option, multiplying the prize to $1,500. Moreover, 748,752 other New Jersey players took home $2,811,996 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.”