TRENTON (Oct. 17, 2018) – James Carey, New Jersey Lottery acting executive director, announced that there was one second-tier prizewinning ticket sold for the Tuesday, Oct. 16th drawing that matched five of the five white balls drawn winning the $1,000,000 prize.
That ticket was purchased at 7-Eleven #39300, 99 Ridgedale Ave., Cedar Knolls in Morris County. If that ticket had been purchased with the Megaplier option, the prize would be multiplied to $5,000,000.
Seven tickets were also sold that matched four of the five white balls and the Gold Mega Ball drawn winning the $10,000 third-tier prize. Two those tickets were purchased with the Megaplier option, multiplying the prize to $50,000.
Those tickets were sold at the following locations:
Camden County ($50,000): Friendly Food Mart, 1119 North Blackhorse Pike, Blackwood;
Union County ($50,000): 7-Eleven #39571, 1174 Morris Ave., Union;
Essex County ($10,000): The Twin Deli Grocery, 185 North Park St., East Orange;
Hudson County ($10,000): Prime Place Convenience, 514 1st Street Unit #1, Hoboken;
Mercer County ($10,000): Corner Express, 5 Lawrenceville Pennington Rd., Lawrenceville;
Monmouth County ($10,000): Laurel Market, 257 Laurel Ave., West Keansburg; and
Ocean County ($10,000): 7-Eleven #11017, 260 Route 37 West, Toms River.
The winning numbers for the Tuesday, Oct. 16th drawing were: 03, 45, 49, 61 and 69. The Gold Mega Ball was 09, and the Megaplier Multiplier was 05.