By The newspaper
Mar 28, 2024, 3:01 PM EDT
Ryan Murphy, Democratic governor of New Jersey, joined the celebration for the already legendary Mega lottery billionaire prize that fell on Tuesday in his state.
“We have a #MegaMillions winner! A $1.13 BILLION winning ticket – the largest prize in state history and the 8th largest prize in U.S. history,” Murphy wrote yesterday on X/Twitter.
The ticket matched all six balls 7, 11, 22, 29, 38 and Mega Ball 4 and the lucky person has not yet come forward publicly. Their identity may never be revealed because New Jersey allows winners to remain anonymous thanks to a law signed four years ago.
The winning $1.13 million Mega Lottery ticket on Tuesday was sold at a ShopRite liquor store in Neptune Township, whose owner, Richard Saker, will receive a $30,000 commission that he plans to donate to charity.
Saker, president of a family business that operates 40 ShopRite stores in New Jersey, said the money will go to the “ShopRite Partners in Caring” program, which benefits 2,200 charities fighting food insecurity.
We will donate those profits. I feel like it’s the right thing to do.”
We have a #MegaMillions winner! A $1.13 BILLION winning ticket — the largest prize in state history and the eighth largest jackpot in US history.
Look out for a press conference by @NJLottery later today from the site where the winning ticket was sold 👀 https://t.co/huxByXrwtC
— Governor Phil Murphy (@GovMurphy) March 27, 2024
“We are going to donate those profits. I feel like it’s the right thing to do,” Saker said yesterday at the ShopRite liquor store in Neptune Township where the $1.13 billion Mega Millions ticket was sold.
Saker was joined by other company officials who greeted customers who were excited and curious about who might have won the grand prize, he said. NJ.com.
The final jackpot amount will be determined after all ticket sales have been counted and has a cash option estimated at $537.5 million, it said. NJ.com. It is the largest jackpot ever won in New Jersey – surpassing the $533 million won in Mega Millions in 2018 -, the 5th highest in the history of that lottery and the 8th highest among all US lotteries.
In addition, that drawing left 13 new millionaires around the country who matched the five white balls, including one sold in a store in Newburgh (NY) that has a streak of Powerball and Mega prizes.
Bettors can securely check their tickets in the New York Lottery app or on the official Powerball and Mega Millions pages. Players have up to one calendar year from the time of the drawing to claim their prizes.
Previously, a person won a fortune of $19.2 million dollars by winning the jackpot in the New York LOTTO drawing on Saturday, March 23. That ticket was sold in the city of Schenectady.
In the middle of this month, for the second time in just five days, a person won $1 million in the Powerball lottery in New York City: one in the Upper East Side of Manhattan and another in Queens.
The New York Lottery remains the largest and most profitable in North America, contributing $3.7 billion in fiscal year 2022-23 to help support education in the state, he said. ABCNews.
According to statistics, New York is the “luckiest” state in the US for the number of jackpot winners in the Powerball and Mega Millions lotteries in recent decades.
Those struggling with gambling addiction or know someone who does can find help by calling New York State’s toll-free and confidential HOPEline at 1-877-8-HOPENY (1-877-846-7369); or by texting HOPENY (467369).
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