Because the saying goes, something can occur in New Jersey.
Somebody within the Backyard State overcame the percentages Tuesday night time and received the $1.13 billion Mega Hundreds of thousands jackpot, changing into the sport’s first massive winner of 2024 and smashing a winless streak that dates again to December.
The fortunate ticket-holder matched all six numbers drawn – the white balls 7, 11, 22, 29 and 38, plus the gold Mega Ball 4 – to take residence the estimated prize of $1.13 billion ($537.5 million money).
The numbers have been chosen by the winner, not by Fast Choose — and it was a one-off, that means there have been no different numbers chosen on the ticket, lottery officers mentioned.
Now it is the most important jackpot ever received in New Jersey.
The ticket was bought at ShopRite Liquor on Route 66 in Neptune, Monmouth County.
NJ lottery officers are holding a press convention there Wednesday to current the retailer with its $30,000 bonus verify for promoting the jackpot-winning-ticket. The ticket-holder, in the meantime, has but to return ahead.
“I do not know who the winner is. We all know the place it was bought and when it was bought, however we do not know who it was bought to,” James Carey, New Jersey Lottery Govt Director mentioned. “In case you are the winner, signal the again of the ticket, take an image of it, make a duplicate of it, put it in a protected place “
“Inform solely your closest family members, after which I would urge you to speak to a monetary advisor,” Carey added. “No one is used to going from being an everyday individual to a millionaire or a hundred-millionaire in a single day.”
(Enjoyable reality: a $1.6 billion Mega Hundreds of thousands ticket was bought final yr in Neptune Seashore, Florida. There are at the very least seven Neptunes within the U.S., for individuals who really feel compelled to maneuver.)
New Jersey lottery laws permit the winner to decide on to remain nameless, so it is not sure we’ll ever study the individual’s id.
Till the most recent drawing, nobody had matched all six numbers and received the Mega Hundreds of thousands jackpot since Dec. 8. That amounted to 30 straight drawings with out a massive winner. The chances of hitting the jackpot are 1 in 302.6 million.
The prize is the eighth-largest in U.S. lottery historical past and the fifth-largest in Mega Hundreds of thousands historical past, though as a result of jackpots are at all times based mostly on precise gross sales, the official jackpot quantity will likely be decided after gross sales from all 47 taking part jurisdictions are finalized on Wednesday morning.
“Congratulations to the New Jersey Lottery for promoting a jackpot-winning ticket in Tuesday’s $1.13 billion Mega Hundreds of thousands drawing,” mentioned Georgia Lottery President and CEO Gretchen Corbin, lead director of the Mega Hundreds of thousands Consortium. “We have fun our new jackpot winner, in addition to all of the prizes received and {dollars} raised for good causes throughout this thrilling jackpot run.”
The $1.12 billion jackpot is for a winner who’s paid by means of an annuity, with an preliminary fee after which 29 annual funds. Most winners select a money payout, which might be $537.5 million.
Total, there have been a complete of three,693,854 successful tickets, together with the only jackpot winner. 13 tickets matched the 5 white balls to win the sport’s second-tier prize. One, bought in New York, is value $2 million, as a result of it included the optionally available Megaplier (obtainable in most states with an additional $1 buy), which was 2X Tuesday night time. The opposite 12 second-tier prizes win the usual $1 million every, and have been received in California, Colorado, Florida (2), Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New York (2) and Ohio.
The subsequent massive U.S. lottery drawing will likely be Wednesday night time for an estimated $865 million Powerball jackpot. Nobody has received that prize since New 12 months’s Day, making for 36 drawings with out a winner.
Mega Hundreds of thousands is performed in 45 states plus Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Powerball is also performed in these states in addition to Washington, D.C., the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
Because the saying goes, something can occur in New Jersey.
Somebody within the Backyard State overcame the percentages Tuesday night time and received the $1.13 billion Mega Hundreds of thousands jackpot, changing into the sport’s first massive winner of 2024 and smashing a winless streak that dates again to December.
The fortunate ticket-holder matched all six numbers drawn – the white balls 7, 11, 22, 29 and 38, plus the gold Mega Ball 4 – to take residence the estimated prize of $1.13 billion ($537.5 million money).
The numbers have been chosen by the winner, not by Fast Choose — and it was a one-off, that means there have been no different numbers chosen on the ticket, lottery officers mentioned.
Now it is the most important jackpot ever received in New Jersey.
The ticket was bought at ShopRite Liquor on Route 66 in Neptune, Monmouth County.
NJ lottery officers are holding a press convention there Wednesday to current the retailer with its $30,000 bonus verify for promoting the jackpot-winning-ticket. The ticket-holder, in the meantime, has but to return ahead.
“I do not know who the winner is. We all know the place it was bought and when it was bought, however we do not know who it was bought to,” James Carey, New Jersey Lottery Govt Director mentioned. “In case you are the winner, signal the again of the ticket, take an image of it, make a duplicate of it, put it in a protected place “
“Inform solely your closest family members, after which I would urge you to speak to a monetary advisor,” Carey added. “No one is used to going from being an everyday individual to a millionaire or a hundred-millionaire in a single day.”
(Enjoyable reality: a $1.6 billion Mega Hundreds of thousands ticket was bought final yr in Neptune Seashore, Florida. There are at the very least seven Neptunes within the U.S., for individuals who really feel compelled to maneuver.)
New Jersey lottery laws permit the winner to decide on to remain nameless, so it is not sure we’ll ever study the individual’s id.
Till the most recent drawing, nobody had matched all six numbers and received the Mega Hundreds of thousands jackpot since Dec. 8. That amounted to 30 straight drawings with out a massive winner. The chances of hitting the jackpot are 1 in 302.6 million.
The prize is the eighth-largest in U.S. lottery historical past and the fifth-largest in Mega Hundreds of thousands historical past, though as a result of jackpots are at all times based mostly on precise gross sales, the official jackpot quantity will likely be decided after gross sales from all 47 taking part jurisdictions are finalized on Wednesday morning.
“Congratulations to the New Jersey Lottery for promoting a jackpot-winning ticket in Tuesday’s $1.13 billion Mega Hundreds of thousands drawing,” mentioned Georgia Lottery President and CEO Gretchen Corbin, lead director of the Mega Hundreds of thousands Consortium. “We have fun our new jackpot winner, in addition to all of the prizes received and {dollars} raised for good causes throughout this thrilling jackpot run.”
The $1.12 billion jackpot is for a winner who’s paid by means of an annuity, with an preliminary fee after which 29 annual funds. Most winners select a money payout, which might be $537.5 million.
Total, there have been a complete of three,693,854 successful tickets, together with the only jackpot winner. 13 tickets matched the 5 white balls to win the sport’s second-tier prize. One, bought in New York, is value $2 million, as a result of it included the optionally available Megaplier (obtainable in most states with an additional $1 buy), which was 2X Tuesday night time. The opposite 12 second-tier prizes win the usual $1 million every, and have been received in California, Colorado, Florida (2), Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New York (2) and Ohio.
The subsequent massive U.S. lottery drawing will likely be Wednesday night time for an estimated $865 million Powerball jackpot. Nobody has received that prize since New 12 months’s Day, making for 36 drawings with out a winner.
Mega Hundreds of thousands is performed in 45 states plus Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Powerball is also performed in these states in addition to Washington, D.C., the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
Because the saying goes, something can occur in New Jersey.
Somebody within the Backyard State overcame the percentages Tuesday night time and received the $1.13 billion Mega Hundreds of thousands jackpot, changing into the sport’s first massive winner of 2024 and smashing a winless streak that dates again to December.
The fortunate ticket-holder matched all six numbers drawn – the white balls 7, 11, 22, 29 and 38, plus the gold Mega Ball 4 – to take residence the estimated prize of $1.13 billion ($537.5 million money).
The numbers have been chosen by the winner, not by Fast Choose — and it was a one-off, that means there have been no different numbers chosen on the ticket, lottery officers mentioned.
Now it is the most important jackpot ever received in New Jersey.
The ticket was bought at ShopRite Liquor on Route 66 in Neptune, Monmouth County.
NJ lottery officers are holding a press convention there Wednesday to current the retailer with its $30,000 bonus verify for promoting the jackpot-winning-ticket. The ticket-holder, in the meantime, has but to return ahead.
“I do not know who the winner is. We all know the place it was bought and when it was bought, however we do not know who it was bought to,” James Carey, New Jersey Lottery Govt Director mentioned. “In case you are the winner, signal the again of the ticket, take an image of it, make a duplicate of it, put it in a protected place “
“Inform solely your closest family members, after which I would urge you to speak to a monetary advisor,” Carey added. “No one is used to going from being an everyday individual to a millionaire or a hundred-millionaire in a single day.”
(Enjoyable reality: a $1.6 billion Mega Hundreds of thousands ticket was bought final yr in Neptune Seashore, Florida. There are at the very least seven Neptunes within the U.S., for individuals who really feel compelled to maneuver.)
New Jersey lottery laws permit the winner to decide on to remain nameless, so it is not sure we’ll ever study the individual’s id.
Till the most recent drawing, nobody had matched all six numbers and received the Mega Hundreds of thousands jackpot since Dec. 8. That amounted to 30 straight drawings with out a massive winner. The chances of hitting the jackpot are 1 in 302.6 million.
The prize is the eighth-largest in U.S. lottery historical past and the fifth-largest in Mega Hundreds of thousands historical past, though as a result of jackpots are at all times based mostly on precise gross sales, the official jackpot quantity will likely be decided after gross sales from all 47 taking part jurisdictions are finalized on Wednesday morning.
“Congratulations to the New Jersey Lottery for promoting a jackpot-winning ticket in Tuesday’s $1.13 billion Mega Hundreds of thousands drawing,” mentioned Georgia Lottery President and CEO Gretchen Corbin, lead director of the Mega Hundreds of thousands Consortium. “We have fun our new jackpot winner, in addition to all of the prizes received and {dollars} raised for good causes throughout this thrilling jackpot run.”
The $1.12 billion jackpot is for a winner who’s paid by means of an annuity, with an preliminary fee after which 29 annual funds. Most winners select a money payout, which might be $537.5 million.
Total, there have been a complete of three,693,854 successful tickets, together with the only jackpot winner. 13 tickets matched the 5 white balls to win the sport’s second-tier prize. One, bought in New York, is value $2 million, as a result of it included the optionally available Megaplier (obtainable in most states with an additional $1 buy), which was 2X Tuesday night time. The opposite 12 second-tier prizes win the usual $1 million every, and have been received in California, Colorado, Florida (2), Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New York (2) and Ohio.
The subsequent massive U.S. lottery drawing will likely be Wednesday night time for an estimated $865 million Powerball jackpot. Nobody has received that prize since New 12 months’s Day, making for 36 drawings with out a winner.
Mega Hundreds of thousands is performed in 45 states plus Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Powerball is also performed in these states in addition to Washington, D.C., the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
Because the saying goes, something can occur in New Jersey.
Somebody within the Backyard State overcame the percentages Tuesday night time and received the $1.13 billion Mega Hundreds of thousands jackpot, changing into the sport’s first massive winner of 2024 and smashing a winless streak that dates again to December.
The fortunate ticket-holder matched all six numbers drawn – the white balls 7, 11, 22, 29 and 38, plus the gold Mega Ball 4 – to take residence the estimated prize of $1.13 billion ($537.5 million money).
The numbers have been chosen by the winner, not by Fast Choose — and it was a one-off, that means there have been no different numbers chosen on the ticket, lottery officers mentioned.
Now it is the most important jackpot ever received in New Jersey.
The ticket was bought at ShopRite Liquor on Route 66 in Neptune, Monmouth County.
NJ lottery officers are holding a press convention there Wednesday to current the retailer with its $30,000 bonus verify for promoting the jackpot-winning-ticket. The ticket-holder, in the meantime, has but to return ahead.
“I do not know who the winner is. We all know the place it was bought and when it was bought, however we do not know who it was bought to,” James Carey, New Jersey Lottery Govt Director mentioned. “In case you are the winner, signal the again of the ticket, take an image of it, make a duplicate of it, put it in a protected place “
“Inform solely your closest family members, after which I would urge you to speak to a monetary advisor,” Carey added. “No one is used to going from being an everyday individual to a millionaire or a hundred-millionaire in a single day.”
(Enjoyable reality: a $1.6 billion Mega Hundreds of thousands ticket was bought final yr in Neptune Seashore, Florida. There are at the very least seven Neptunes within the U.S., for individuals who really feel compelled to maneuver.)
New Jersey lottery laws permit the winner to decide on to remain nameless, so it is not sure we’ll ever study the individual’s id.
Till the most recent drawing, nobody had matched all six numbers and received the Mega Hundreds of thousands jackpot since Dec. 8. That amounted to 30 straight drawings with out a massive winner. The chances of hitting the jackpot are 1 in 302.6 million.
The prize is the eighth-largest in U.S. lottery historical past and the fifth-largest in Mega Hundreds of thousands historical past, though as a result of jackpots are at all times based mostly on precise gross sales, the official jackpot quantity will likely be decided after gross sales from all 47 taking part jurisdictions are finalized on Wednesday morning.
“Congratulations to the New Jersey Lottery for promoting a jackpot-winning ticket in Tuesday’s $1.13 billion Mega Hundreds of thousands drawing,” mentioned Georgia Lottery President and CEO Gretchen Corbin, lead director of the Mega Hundreds of thousands Consortium. “We have fun our new jackpot winner, in addition to all of the prizes received and {dollars} raised for good causes throughout this thrilling jackpot run.”
The $1.12 billion jackpot is for a winner who’s paid by means of an annuity, with an preliminary fee after which 29 annual funds. Most winners select a money payout, which might be $537.5 million.
Total, there have been a complete of three,693,854 successful tickets, together with the only jackpot winner. 13 tickets matched the 5 white balls to win the sport’s second-tier prize. One, bought in New York, is value $2 million, as a result of it included the optionally available Megaplier (obtainable in most states with an additional $1 buy), which was 2X Tuesday night time. The opposite 12 second-tier prizes win the usual $1 million every, and have been received in California, Colorado, Florida (2), Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New York (2) and Ohio.
The subsequent massive U.S. lottery drawing will likely be Wednesday night time for an estimated $865 million Powerball jackpot. Nobody has received that prize since New 12 months’s Day, making for 36 drawings with out a winner.
Mega Hundreds of thousands is performed in 45 states plus Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Powerball is also performed in these states in addition to Washington, D.C., the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
Because the saying goes, something can occur in New Jersey.
Somebody within the Backyard State overcame the percentages Tuesday night time and received the $1.13 billion Mega Hundreds of thousands jackpot, changing into the sport’s first massive winner of 2024 and smashing a winless streak that dates again to December.
The fortunate ticket-holder matched all six numbers drawn – the white balls 7, 11, 22, 29 and 38, plus the gold Mega Ball 4 – to take residence the estimated prize of $1.13 billion ($537.5 million money).
The numbers have been chosen by the winner, not by Fast Choose — and it was a one-off, that means there have been no different numbers chosen on the ticket, lottery officers mentioned.
Now it is the most important jackpot ever received in New Jersey.
The ticket was bought at ShopRite Liquor on Route 66 in Neptune, Monmouth County.
NJ lottery officers are holding a press convention there Wednesday to current the retailer with its $30,000 bonus verify for promoting the jackpot-winning-ticket. The ticket-holder, in the meantime, has but to return ahead.
“I do not know who the winner is. We all know the place it was bought and when it was bought, however we do not know who it was bought to,” James Carey, New Jersey Lottery Govt Director mentioned. “In case you are the winner, signal the again of the ticket, take an image of it, make a duplicate of it, put it in a protected place “
“Inform solely your closest family members, after which I would urge you to speak to a monetary advisor,” Carey added. “No one is used to going from being an everyday individual to a millionaire or a hundred-millionaire in a single day.”
(Enjoyable reality: a $1.6 billion Mega Hundreds of thousands ticket was bought final yr in Neptune Seashore, Florida. There are at the very least seven Neptunes within the U.S., for individuals who really feel compelled to maneuver.)
New Jersey lottery laws permit the winner to decide on to remain nameless, so it is not sure we’ll ever study the individual’s id.
Till the most recent drawing, nobody had matched all six numbers and received the Mega Hundreds of thousands jackpot since Dec. 8. That amounted to 30 straight drawings with out a massive winner. The chances of hitting the jackpot are 1 in 302.6 million.
The prize is the eighth-largest in U.S. lottery historical past and the fifth-largest in Mega Hundreds of thousands historical past, though as a result of jackpots are at all times based mostly on precise gross sales, the official jackpot quantity will likely be decided after gross sales from all 47 taking part jurisdictions are finalized on Wednesday morning.
“Congratulations to the New Jersey Lottery for promoting a jackpot-winning ticket in Tuesday’s $1.13 billion Mega Hundreds of thousands drawing,” mentioned Georgia Lottery President and CEO Gretchen Corbin, lead director of the Mega Hundreds of thousands Consortium. “We have fun our new jackpot winner, in addition to all of the prizes received and {dollars} raised for good causes throughout this thrilling jackpot run.”
The $1.12 billion jackpot is for a winner who’s paid by means of an annuity, with an preliminary fee after which 29 annual funds. Most winners select a money payout, which might be $537.5 million.
Total, there have been a complete of three,693,854 successful tickets, together with the only jackpot winner. 13 tickets matched the 5 white balls to win the sport’s second-tier prize. One, bought in New York, is value $2 million, as a result of it included the optionally available Megaplier (obtainable in most states with an additional $1 buy), which was 2X Tuesday night time. The opposite 12 second-tier prizes win the usual $1 million every, and have been received in California, Colorado, Florida (2), Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New York (2) and Ohio.
The subsequent massive U.S. lottery drawing will likely be Wednesday night time for an estimated $865 million Powerball jackpot. Nobody has received that prize since New 12 months’s Day, making for 36 drawings with out a winner.
Mega Hundreds of thousands is performed in 45 states plus Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Powerball is also performed in these states in addition to Washington, D.C., the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
Because the saying goes, something can occur in New Jersey.
Somebody within the Backyard State overcame the percentages Tuesday night time and received the $1.13 billion Mega Hundreds of thousands jackpot, changing into the sport’s first massive winner of 2024 and smashing a winless streak that dates again to December.
The fortunate ticket-holder matched all six numbers drawn – the white balls 7, 11, 22, 29 and 38, plus the gold Mega Ball 4 – to take residence the estimated prize of $1.13 billion ($537.5 million money).
The numbers have been chosen by the winner, not by Fast Choose — and it was a one-off, that means there have been no different numbers chosen on the ticket, lottery officers mentioned.
Now it is the most important jackpot ever received in New Jersey.
The ticket was bought at ShopRite Liquor on Route 66 in Neptune, Monmouth County.
NJ lottery officers are holding a press convention there Wednesday to current the retailer with its $30,000 bonus verify for promoting the jackpot-winning-ticket. The ticket-holder, in the meantime, has but to return ahead.
“I do not know who the winner is. We all know the place it was bought and when it was bought, however we do not know who it was bought to,” James Carey, New Jersey Lottery Govt Director mentioned. “In case you are the winner, signal the again of the ticket, take an image of it, make a duplicate of it, put it in a protected place “
“Inform solely your closest family members, after which I would urge you to speak to a monetary advisor,” Carey added. “No one is used to going from being an everyday individual to a millionaire or a hundred-millionaire in a single day.”
(Enjoyable reality: a $1.6 billion Mega Hundreds of thousands ticket was bought final yr in Neptune Seashore, Florida. There are at the very least seven Neptunes within the U.S., for individuals who really feel compelled to maneuver.)
New Jersey lottery laws permit the winner to decide on to remain nameless, so it is not sure we’ll ever study the individual’s id.
Till the most recent drawing, nobody had matched all six numbers and received the Mega Hundreds of thousands jackpot since Dec. 8. That amounted to 30 straight drawings with out a massive winner. The chances of hitting the jackpot are 1 in 302.6 million.
The prize is the eighth-largest in U.S. lottery historical past and the fifth-largest in Mega Hundreds of thousands historical past, though as a result of jackpots are at all times based mostly on precise gross sales, the official jackpot quantity will likely be decided after gross sales from all 47 taking part jurisdictions are finalized on Wednesday morning.
“Congratulations to the New Jersey Lottery for promoting a jackpot-winning ticket in Tuesday’s $1.13 billion Mega Hundreds of thousands drawing,” mentioned Georgia Lottery President and CEO Gretchen Corbin, lead director of the Mega Hundreds of thousands Consortium. “We have fun our new jackpot winner, in addition to all of the prizes received and {dollars} raised for good causes throughout this thrilling jackpot run.”
The $1.12 billion jackpot is for a winner who’s paid by means of an annuity, with an preliminary fee after which 29 annual funds. Most winners select a money payout, which might be $537.5 million.
Total, there have been a complete of three,693,854 successful tickets, together with the only jackpot winner. 13 tickets matched the 5 white balls to win the sport’s second-tier prize. One, bought in New York, is value $2 million, as a result of it included the optionally available Megaplier (obtainable in most states with an additional $1 buy), which was 2X Tuesday night time. The opposite 12 second-tier prizes win the usual $1 million every, and have been received in California, Colorado, Florida (2), Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New York (2) and Ohio.
The subsequent massive U.S. lottery drawing will likely be Wednesday night time for an estimated $865 million Powerball jackpot. Nobody has received that prize since New 12 months’s Day, making for 36 drawings with out a winner.
Mega Hundreds of thousands is performed in 45 states plus Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Powerball is also performed in these states in addition to Washington, D.C., the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
Because the saying goes, something can occur in New Jersey.
Somebody within the Backyard State overcame the percentages Tuesday night time and received the $1.13 billion Mega Hundreds of thousands jackpot, changing into the sport’s first massive winner of 2024 and smashing a winless streak that dates again to December.
The fortunate ticket-holder matched all six numbers drawn – the white balls 7, 11, 22, 29 and 38, plus the gold Mega Ball 4 – to take residence the estimated prize of $1.13 billion ($537.5 million money).
The numbers have been chosen by the winner, not by Fast Choose — and it was a one-off, that means there have been no different numbers chosen on the ticket, lottery officers mentioned.
Now it is the most important jackpot ever received in New Jersey.
The ticket was bought at ShopRite Liquor on Route 66 in Neptune, Monmouth County.
NJ lottery officers are holding a press convention there Wednesday to current the retailer with its $30,000 bonus verify for promoting the jackpot-winning-ticket. The ticket-holder, in the meantime, has but to return ahead.
“I do not know who the winner is. We all know the place it was bought and when it was bought, however we do not know who it was bought to,” James Carey, New Jersey Lottery Govt Director mentioned. “In case you are the winner, signal the again of the ticket, take an image of it, make a duplicate of it, put it in a protected place “
“Inform solely your closest family members, after which I would urge you to speak to a monetary advisor,” Carey added. “No one is used to going from being an everyday individual to a millionaire or a hundred-millionaire in a single day.”
(Enjoyable reality: a $1.6 billion Mega Hundreds of thousands ticket was bought final yr in Neptune Seashore, Florida. There are at the very least seven Neptunes within the U.S., for individuals who really feel compelled to maneuver.)
New Jersey lottery laws permit the winner to decide on to remain nameless, so it is not sure we’ll ever study the individual’s id.
Till the most recent drawing, nobody had matched all six numbers and received the Mega Hundreds of thousands jackpot since Dec. 8. That amounted to 30 straight drawings with out a massive winner. The chances of hitting the jackpot are 1 in 302.6 million.
The prize is the eighth-largest in U.S. lottery historical past and the fifth-largest in Mega Hundreds of thousands historical past, though as a result of jackpots are at all times based mostly on precise gross sales, the official jackpot quantity will likely be decided after gross sales from all 47 taking part jurisdictions are finalized on Wednesday morning.
“Congratulations to the New Jersey Lottery for promoting a jackpot-winning ticket in Tuesday’s $1.13 billion Mega Hundreds of thousands drawing,” mentioned Georgia Lottery President and CEO Gretchen Corbin, lead director of the Mega Hundreds of thousands Consortium. “We have fun our new jackpot winner, in addition to all of the prizes received and {dollars} raised for good causes throughout this thrilling jackpot run.”
The $1.12 billion jackpot is for a winner who’s paid by means of an annuity, with an preliminary fee after which 29 annual funds. Most winners select a money payout, which might be $537.5 million.
Total, there have been a complete of three,693,854 successful tickets, together with the only jackpot winner. 13 tickets matched the 5 white balls to win the sport’s second-tier prize. One, bought in New York, is value $2 million, as a result of it included the optionally available Megaplier (obtainable in most states with an additional $1 buy), which was 2X Tuesday night time. The opposite 12 second-tier prizes win the usual $1 million every, and have been received in California, Colorado, Florida (2), Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New York (2) and Ohio.
The subsequent massive U.S. lottery drawing will likely be Wednesday night time for an estimated $865 million Powerball jackpot. Nobody has received that prize since New 12 months’s Day, making for 36 drawings with out a winner.
Mega Hundreds of thousands is performed in 45 states plus Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Powerball is also performed in these states in addition to Washington, D.C., the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
Because the saying goes, something can occur in New Jersey.
Somebody within the Backyard State overcame the percentages Tuesday night time and received the $1.13 billion Mega Hundreds of thousands jackpot, changing into the sport’s first massive winner of 2024 and smashing a winless streak that dates again to December.
The fortunate ticket-holder matched all six numbers drawn – the white balls 7, 11, 22, 29 and 38, plus the gold Mega Ball 4 – to take residence the estimated prize of $1.13 billion ($537.5 million money).
The numbers have been chosen by the winner, not by Fast Choose — and it was a one-off, that means there have been no different numbers chosen on the ticket, lottery officers mentioned.
Now it is the most important jackpot ever received in New Jersey.
The ticket was bought at ShopRite Liquor on Route 66 in Neptune, Monmouth County.
NJ lottery officers are holding a press convention there Wednesday to current the retailer with its $30,000 bonus verify for promoting the jackpot-winning-ticket. The ticket-holder, in the meantime, has but to return ahead.
“I do not know who the winner is. We all know the place it was bought and when it was bought, however we do not know who it was bought to,” James Carey, New Jersey Lottery Govt Director mentioned. “In case you are the winner, signal the again of the ticket, take an image of it, make a duplicate of it, put it in a protected place “
“Inform solely your closest family members, after which I would urge you to speak to a monetary advisor,” Carey added. “No one is used to going from being an everyday individual to a millionaire or a hundred-millionaire in a single day.”
(Enjoyable reality: a $1.6 billion Mega Hundreds of thousands ticket was bought final yr in Neptune Seashore, Florida. There are at the very least seven Neptunes within the U.S., for individuals who really feel compelled to maneuver.)
New Jersey lottery laws permit the winner to decide on to remain nameless, so it is not sure we’ll ever study the individual’s id.
Till the most recent drawing, nobody had matched all six numbers and received the Mega Hundreds of thousands jackpot since Dec. 8. That amounted to 30 straight drawings with out a massive winner. The chances of hitting the jackpot are 1 in 302.6 million.
The prize is the eighth-largest in U.S. lottery historical past and the fifth-largest in Mega Hundreds of thousands historical past, though as a result of jackpots are at all times based mostly on precise gross sales, the official jackpot quantity will likely be decided after gross sales from all 47 taking part jurisdictions are finalized on Wednesday morning.
“Congratulations to the New Jersey Lottery for promoting a jackpot-winning ticket in Tuesday’s $1.13 billion Mega Hundreds of thousands drawing,” mentioned Georgia Lottery President and CEO Gretchen Corbin, lead director of the Mega Hundreds of thousands Consortium. “We have fun our new jackpot winner, in addition to all of the prizes received and {dollars} raised for good causes throughout this thrilling jackpot run.”
The $1.12 billion jackpot is for a winner who’s paid by means of an annuity, with an preliminary fee after which 29 annual funds. Most winners select a money payout, which might be $537.5 million.
Total, there have been a complete of three,693,854 successful tickets, together with the only jackpot winner. 13 tickets matched the 5 white balls to win the sport’s second-tier prize. One, bought in New York, is value $2 million, as a result of it included the optionally available Megaplier (obtainable in most states with an additional $1 buy), which was 2X Tuesday night time. The opposite 12 second-tier prizes win the usual $1 million every, and have been received in California, Colorado, Florida (2), Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New York (2) and Ohio.
The subsequent massive U.S. lottery drawing will likely be Wednesday night time for an estimated $865 million Powerball jackpot. Nobody has received that prize since New 12 months’s Day, making for 36 drawings with out a winner.
Mega Hundreds of thousands is performed in 45 states plus Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Powerball is also performed in these states in addition to Washington, D.C., the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.