The Mega Millions jackpot for Friday’s lottery drawing has rolled back to $20 million with a cash option of $9.5 million after someone who bought a ticket at ShopRite Liquors in Neptune Township won Tuesday’s massive $1.13 billion prize.
The drawing will be held at 10:59 p.m. and televised on WABC-7 in the New York City area and Fox 29 in the Philadelphia area. NJ.com will publish the winning numbers immediately following the drawing.
In addition to the jackpot-winning ticket, 10 third-prize Mega Millions tickets worth $10,000 or $20,000 were sold in New Jersey for Tuesday’s drawing. Each matched four numbers plus the Mega Ball.
Tuesday’s winning Mega Millions numbers were: 7, 11, 22, 29 and 38. The Mega Ball drawn was 4 with a Megaplier of 2X.
In addition, 13 second-prize tickets worth $1 million or $2 million were sold. Two $1 million tickets were sold in New York — in Cicero and Locus Valley, officials said. The jackpot prize is the 8th largest in U.S. lottery history.
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Prior to Tuesday, the Mega Millions jackpot hadn’t been won since Dec. 8 when two tickets sold at the same California gas station hit a $394 million jackpot. Both tickets were bought at a Chevron station in the Encino area of Los Angeles.
Mega Millions drawings are held on Tuesday and Friday in 45 states, along with Washington, D.C. and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Tickets are $2 each.
The odds of a $2 ticket winning the Mega Millions jackpot by matching five numbers and the Mega Ball are 302,575,350 to 1.
Players have a 1 in 12,607,306 chance of a ticket matching five numbers but not the Mega Ball and winning at least $1 million. The odds of matching four numbers plus the Mega Ball for a prize valued of at least $10,000 are 931,001 to 1.
Saturday’s Powerball jackpot is potentially the 11th largest in U.S. lottery history. It’s worth an estimated $935 million with a cash option of $452.3 million.
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