2 NJ Million-Dollar Winners As $1.6B Mega Millions Jackpot Is Won

New Jersey had two big winners – again – Tuesday as the Mega Millions jackpot soared past its previous record, hitting an estimated $1.6 billion, or $913 million in cash.

New Jersey had two $1 million winners as someone in South Carolina won the record-setting jackpot. The winning numbers for October 23 were the white balls 5, 28, 62, 65 and 70, plus the gold Mega Ball 5.

The New Jersey $1 million winning locations were:

• Quick Food Store, 102 No. Berlin Rd., Lindenwold, Camden County;
  
• Plaza Liquors, 1450 Clements Bridge Rd., Deptford, Gloucester County.

Here are other winning locations:

• Middlesex County ($30,000): Krauszer’s Food Store, 2242 Route 130 No., North Brunswick;
• Atlantic County ($10,000): Northfield News & Tobacco, 1205 Tilton Rd., Northfield;
• Bergen County ($10,000): City Place C - Store, 18 The Promenade., Edgewater;
• Bergen County ($10,000): Park Stationary, 204 Main St., Ridgefield Park;
• Burlington County ($10,000): Wawa #915, 257 Route 70 & Eayrestown Rd., Medford;
• Essex County ($10,000): Three Sisters Bakery, 198 Van Buren St., Newark;
• Essex County ($10,000): JNC Mini Market #2, 661 South 18th St., Newark;
• Hudson County ($10,000): Shayona Newsstand, 10 Exchange Place, Jersey City;
• Monmouth County ($10,000): 7-Eleven #11037, 326 Morristown Rd., Matawan;
• Monmouth County ($10,000): Quick Chek #81, 147 Cherry Tree Farm Rd., Middletown;
• Middlesex County ($10,000): Somerset County Convenience, 1004 Livingston Ave., North Brunswick;
• Ocean County ($10,000): Circle K – Manahawkin, 1504 Route. 72 & Breakers Dr., Manahawkin;
• Ocean County ($10,000): Plaza Wines & Liquor, 260 North County Line Rd., Jackson;
• Somerset County ($10,000): Bottle Republic, 1760 Easton Ave Ste. 11-B, Somerset; and
• Warren County ($10,000): Family Food Market, 2015 Route 57, Hackettstown.

“The moment we’ve been waiting for finally arrived, and we couldn’t be more excited,” said Gordon Medenica, lead director of the Mega Millions Group and director of Maryland Lottery and Gaming. “This is truly a historic occasion. We’re so happy for the winner, and we know the South Carolina Education Lottery can’t wait to meet the lucky ticket holder.”

The jackpot had been rolling since July 24, when a California office pool of 11 co-workers shared a $543 million prize. Three other jackpots have been won this year – $451 million on January 5 (Florida), $533 million on March 30 (New Jersey), and $142 million on May 4 (Ohio).

In addition to the jackpot winner, the sales frenzy produced a whopping 36 second prize $1 million tickets – each matching the five white balls drawn Tuesday night.

Eight were in California, four each in Florida and New York, two each in Massachusetts, Michigan, North Carolina, New Jersey and Virginia, and one each in Arizona, the District of Columbia, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and Wisconsin.

The Texas winner and one of the Florida Match 5 winners included the optional Megaplier, so those two tickets are worth $3 million each.

For matching four white balls plus the Mega Ball, 419 tickets won the game’s $10,000 third prize Tuesday night. Fifty-one of those are actually worth $30,000 each because they included the optional Megaplier.

Chelsea Housel of South Plainfield, NJ said her father, Dave, was excited about his chances. He bought four Mega Millions tickets. "He's very excited. He talked about it in our group chat," she said.

In total, there were 15,750,013 winning tickets Tuesday night in addition to the jackpot winner. In this 26-draw jackpot run, beginning with the July 27 drawing there were more than 50.2 million winning tickets at all prize levels, including 85 worth $1 million or more and the jackpot winner.

For the next drawing on Friday, October 26, the jackpot resets to its starting value of $40 million ($22.8 million cash).

Here is the drawing:

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