Lottery Ticket Worth $7.3M Sold At Monmouth County Convenience Store

MANALAPAN, NJ - One lucky lottery player in Monmouth County has become an overnight multi-millionaire.

The prizewinning $7.3 million annuity jackpot prize winning ticket for Thursday’s Pick-6 drawing was sold in Manalapan, New Jersey Lottery officials said. The ticket, sold at Soda King (300 Gordons Corner Rd.) matched all six numbers for the drawing.

The lucky retailer will also receive a $10,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket, lottery officials said.

“We were already a lucky location,” Soda King owner Dilip Shah said in a statement. “We sold a $1,000,000 Powerball ticket before, but now this is even more incredible!”

The winning numbers for Thursday’s drawing were: 03, 07, 17, 18, 26 and 42. The jackpot will reset to $2 million for the next drawing that will be held on Monday, February 20.

“We are always excited when Pick-6 finds a new jackpot winner,” said New Jersey Lottery Executive Director James Carey in a statement. “$7.3 million is an incredible prize and we cannot wait to meet our newest winner. Pick-6 is a core New Jersey Lottery game since 1980 and is one of the biggest jackpots available exclusively to our Garden State players. Don’t forget to sign the back of your ticket!”

Four other Pick-6 winners matched five out of the six white balls drawn for the Thursday drawing: One of those tickets had the 4X multiplier making their ticket worth $13,104, lottery officials said. The three others won prizes totaling $19,656.

An additional 8,473 players took home $71,980 in prizes, lottery officials added.