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Winning Lottery Ticket Sold In Aberdeen
The third-place Mega-Millions ticket was sold with the Megaplier option, so it is worth $25,000. It was sold at a Route 34 supermarket.

A winning lottery ticket was sold at an Aberdeen supermarket, according to the New Jersey Lottery.
The third-place Mega-Millions ticket for the June 26 drawing, was sold with the Megaplier option, so it is worth $25,000, according to a news release from Carole Hedinger, the New Jersey Lottery executive director.
It was purchased at Stop & Shop #807, 1129 Route 34 in Aberdeen, the news release said.
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It matched the four white balls and the Gold Mega Ball in that Friday, June 26 drawing.
There were no jackpot or second-place winners in that drawing.
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According to the news release:
Another 19 players bought tickets that matched the 4 white balls, making them worth $500. Two of those tickets were purchased with the Megaplier option, so they are worth $2,500 each.
“Congratulations to the lottery winners and to the retailers that sold all of those winning tickets,” Hedinger in a prepared statement. “For selling the winning tickets, the retailers have become many more Lottery ‘lucky locations’ overnight.”
The winning numbers for that Friday, June 26 drawing were: 12, 23, 33, 47 and 50. The Gold Mega Ball was 03, and the Megaplier Multiplier was 05.
The next drawing is Tuesday, and the Mega-Millions jackpot rolls to $74 million.
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