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NJ Location Announced For $1M Winning Mega Millions Ticket
The ticket had all 5 white numbers selected for the Mega Millions drawing Tuesday.
PASSAIC COUNTY, NJ — A Mega Millions lottery ticket worth $1 million was sold in New Jersey.
The ticket was sold at Welsh Farms on Main Avenue in Clifton, said James Carrey, New Jersey Lottery's acting executive director.
The $1 million was the Mega Millions second-tier prize. The ticket had the five white balls selected during the game's Tuesday drawing.
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The winning numbers were: 24, 37, 41, 61, and 70. The gold Mega Ball number was 20 and the Megaplier Multiplier was 03.
Also, 27 players had four of the five white balls drawn. Twenty-four of them each won $500. Three of them purchased their tickets with the Megaplier option, tripling their prizes to $1,500.
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Also, 34,894 other New Jersey players won $140,884 in prizes ranging from $2 to $600, Carey said.
The Mega Millions jackpot now rolls to $252 million.
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