TRENTON (May 7, 2018) – New Jersey Lottery Acting Executive Director John M. White announced that a single ticket sold in Ohio matched all of the numbers drawn from the Friday, May 4th drawing. There was one second-tier prizewinning ticket sold for the Friday, May 4th drawing that matched five of the five white balls drawn winning the $1,000,000 prize. That ticket was purchased with the Megaplier, multiplying the prize to $4,000,000. The ticket was sold at Grab and Go Jersey City, 403 Tonnelle Ave., Jersey City in Hudson County. 

Six tickets were also sold that matched four of the five white balls and the Gold Mega Ball drawn winning the $10,000 third-tier prize. One of those tickets was purchased with the Megaplier, multiplying the prize to $40,000.  The winning tickets were sold at the following locations:

• Mercer County ($40,000):  7-Eleven #10970, 2120 State Hwy. 33, Hamilton Square; 
• Bergen County ($10,000):  Quick Mart, 190 Franklin Turnpike, Mahwah; 
• Bergen County ($10,000):  Welsh Farms, 715 River Road, New Milford; 
• Essex County ($10,000):  Quick Mart Food Store, 172 S. Livingston Ave., Livingston; 
• Essex County ($10,000):  Honesty Trade LLC, 150 Washington Ave., Nutley; and 
• Sussex County ($10,000):  Gas of Branchville, 13 Newton Ave., Branchville.  

The winning numbers for the Friday, May 4th drawing were:  04, 05, 10, 12 and 18. The Gold Mega Ball was 21, and the Megaplier Multiplier was 04.  

In addition, 118 other players matched four of the five white balls drawn making each ticket worth $500. Of those, 17 tickets were purchased with the Megaplier option, multiplying the prize to $2,000. Moreover, 29,342 other New Jersey players took home $166,558 in prizes ranging from $2 to $800, according to White.  

“Congratulations to the lottery winners and to the retailers that sold the winning tickets,” said White. “For selling the winning tickets, the retailers have become many more Lottery ‘lucky locations’ overnight.”