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2 $10K Winning Mega Millions Tickets Sold In Southern Ocean
The tickets matching four of the five white balls and the gold Mega Ball were sold in Barnegat and Little Egg Harbor.
BARNEGAT, NJ — While the $1.58 billion jackpot-winning Mega Millions ticket was sold in Florida, Southern Ocean lottery players didn't come away with nothing. Two third-tier prizewinning tickets were sold in Barnegat and Little Egg Harbor.
The $10,000-winning tickets matched four of the five white balls and the gold Mega Ball.
One was sold at Quick Food Mart in Barnegat and the other at Louna Liquors in Little Egg Harbor.
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In addition to the third-tier prizes won, 240 players matched four of the five white balls drawn making each ticket worth $500. Thirty-one of those tickets were purchased with the Megaplier option, multiplying the prize to $1,000. Moreover, 340,079 other New Jersey players took home $1,341,856 in prizes ranging from $2 to $400.
The winning numbers for the Tuesday, August 8, drawing were: 13, 19, 20, 32, and 33. The Gold Mega Ball was 14, and the Megaplier Multiplier was 02.
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The jackpot resets to $20 million for the next drawing to be held on Friday, Aug. 11, at 11:00 p.m.
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