South Jersey is a winner: Check your Mega Millions tickets
Look alive and check those lottery tickets — you may not have won the jackpot, but 5 winning Mega Millions tickets with big prizes were sold in South Jersey.
Of the multiple $10,000 prize-winning tickets sold right here in South Jersey, one Manchester Township ticket in Ocean County was bought with the Megaplier option, elevating the winnings to $20,000.
Who won the Mega Millions?
The rest of the winning South Jersey tickets were sold at the following locations:
Camden County: Royal Farms #322, 1409 Blackwood Clementon Rd., Clementon
Gloucester County: Wawa #379, 882 Glassboro Rd., Williamstown
Ocean County: Quick Food Mart, 250 N. Main St., Barnegat
Ocean County: Louna Liquors, 590 Route 9 South, Little Egg Harbor
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While the jackpot $1.58 billion ticket was sold in Florida, two more $20,000 tickets as a result of the Megaplier were sold in Hudson and Passaic Counties. Other $10,000 winners in northern counties Passaic, Morris, Monmouth, Somerset and Union.
But the winnings don't stop there.
240 players matched prizes of $500, 31 of which were increased to $1,000 with the Megaplier, and 340,079 people in New Jersey pocketed $1,341,856 in prizes ranging from $2 to $400.
When is the next Mega Millions drawing?
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The next drawing will be held Friday Aug. 11, and the jackpot will be reset to $20 billion.
All New Jersey Lottery Mega Millions tickets must be purchased before 10:45 p.m. the night of the drawing.
This article originally appeared on Cherry Hill Courier-Post: Who won the Mega Millions? Lots of people in South Jersey
