Could You Be the Missing Lottery Winner?

Carole Hedinger, New Jersey Lottery Executive Director, announced that there were no Mega Millions game jackpot or second tier New Jersey prizewinners, but there were five third-prizewinning tickets sold from the same retail location that matched the four white balls and the Gold Mega Ball for the Tuesday, Nov. 17 drawing. All of those tickets were purchased with the Megaplier option increasing the $5,000 third prize to $15,000.

The lucky retail location is in Union County at Rahway News & Foods, 960 St. Georges Ave., Rahway. The retail store owner does not know if these tickets were purchased by a single individual or numerous customers.

In addition, there were 33 players, whose tickets matched the 4 white balls, making their tickets worth $500. Nine of those tickets were purchased with the Megaplier option, making them worth $1,500 each. Moreover, 59,721 other New Jersey players took home $113,310 in prizes ranging from $1 to $150, according to Hedinger.

“Congratulations to the lottery winners and to the retailers that sold all of those winning tickets,” said Hedinger. “For selling the winning tickets, the retailers have become many more Lottery ‘lucky locations’ overnight.” The winning numbers for the Tuesday, Nov. 17 drawing were: 12, 14, 18, 24 and 61. The Gold Mega Ball was 10, and the Megaplier Multiplier was 03.

The Mega Millions jackpot rolls to $20,000,000 for the next drawing, which will be held Friday, Nov. 20 at 11:00 pm. Powerball and Mega Millions drawings can be seen on WABC TV stations. Mega Millions tickets are sold in 45 participating jurisdictions. Drawings are held on Tuesdays and Fridays.

View all New Jersey Lottery game winning numbers and view live drawings for the Pick-3, Pick-4, Jersey Cash 5, Pick-6 and CASH4LIFE games on the Lottery website (www.NJLottery.com) or on the official Lottery Facebook Page. Midday and evening draws, with the exception of CASH4LIFE, can be seen on WPIX-TV (PIX11) in New York and WPHL-TV (PHL17) in Philadelphia.