One $10,000 Winning Ticket Sold

TRENTON (Dec. 24, 2018) – Over $600 million in jackpots are waiting to be won during these holidays: the Mega Millions jackpot is a colossal $321 million for tomorrow night’s drawing and the jackpot for Wednesday’s Powerball game is a whopping $294 million. Lottery players are urged to get a ticket for each of the games and have a chance at those big jackpots.

James Carey, New Jersey Lottery acting executive director, announced that there was one third-tier prizewinning ticket sold for the Friday, Dec. 21st drawing that matched four of the five white balls and the Gold Mega Ball drawn winning the $10,000 prize. If that ticket had been purchased with the Megaplier option, it would have multiplied the prize to $30,000. That ticket was sold at Kiko’s Liquor, 153 48th St., Union City in Hudson County. The winning numbers for the Friday, Dec. 21st drawing were: 10, 13, 61, 62 and 70. The Gold Mega Ball was 05, and the Megaplier Multiplier was 03.

In addition, 17 other players matched four of the five white balls drawn making each ticket worth $500. Three of those tickets were purchased with the Megaplier option, multiplying the prize to $1,500. Moreover, 43,368 other New Jersey players took home $176,428 in prizes ranging from $2 to $600, according to Carey.

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

The next drawing will be held Tuesday, Dec. 25th at 11:00 pm. All New Jersey Lottery Mega Millions tickets must be purchased before 10:45 pm to participate in the drawing. Mega Millions tickets cost just two dollars; by adding the Megaplier option for an extra dollar per play, players can increase their non-jackpot winnings up to five times. Mega Millions tickets are sold in 46 participating jurisdictions. Drawings are held on Tuesdays and Fridays.

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