Lottery tickets in the billion-dollar – including a jackpot ticket – have been sold in the local area, including significant runner-up awards in Brick and Toms River.
The jackpot ticket in the $1.13 billion Mega Millions game – cash value $537.5 million – was sold at ShopRite Liquor, 2200 Route 66, Neptune. The ticket represents the largest jackpot ever won in New Jersey and the fifth largest Mega Millions jackpot, lottery official said in a statement issued Wednesday afternoon.
A bit closer to home, two runner-up tickets in the five-figure range were sold.
A ticket sold at the Princeton Avenue Deli & Dairy, 300 Princeton Avenue, Brick, was worth $20,000. That ticket matched four of the five white balls drawn, winning the $10,000 third-tier prize, but included a “multiplier” that doubled the award.
A ticket worth $10,000 was sold at the ShopRite store at 2 Route 37 West, Toms River, the location near the Garden State Parkway entrance.
The winning numbers for the Tuesday, March 26, drawing were: 07, 11, 22, 29 and 38. The Gold MegaBall number was 04. The Multiplier number was 02.
As to who won the billion-dollar jackpot – ultimately it will be up to the winner to reveal themselves or not.
A 2020 New Jersey law allows lottery winners to remain anonymous indefinitely, and the identity of winners are exempt from the state’s Open Public Records Act. Players claiming Lottery prizes worth $600 or more must still provide their identity to Lottery officials in order to claim a prize.
