Community Corner

$40K Winning Lottery Ticket Sold At Long Beach Island Business

Mega Millions players should check their tickets. A ticket winning $40,000 was sold in Ship Bottom.

SHIP BOTTOM, NJ — Mega Millions players, check your tickets! A $40,000 winning ticket was sold on Long Beach Island.

The third-tier prizewinning ticket matched four of the five white balls and the Gold Mega Ball. It was also purchased with the Megaplier option, multiplying the prize to $40,000.

The winning ticket was sold at Lang's Liquors in Ship Bottom. Another Megaplier ticket was sold at a Wawa in Mt. Laurel and five additional third-tier prizewinning tickets were sold winning $10,000.

Find out what's happening in Barnegat-Manahawkinfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

The jackpot rolls to $1.25 billion for the next drawing to be held on Friday, Aug. 4, at 11:00 p.m. All New Jersey Lottery Mega Millions tickets must be purchased before 10:45 pm to participate in the drawing.

Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.