Giving Turned into Receiving for One New Jersey Lottery Instant Game Winner
Instant Games Players Received More Than $109.3 Million in Prizes in May
TRENTON (June 29, 2017) – New Jersey Lottery Instant Games offer entertaining games at price points ranging from $1 up to $30 with jackpot prizes up to $5 million.
One of this month’s top prizes was won by Marco Espinoza-Solares of Howell in Monmouth County. Marco enjoys playing Lottery scratch-off games. He picked up his $10 Lucky 7s Multiplier ticket at his local retailer, Town & Country Bakery, 104 Clifton Ave., in Lakewood and scratched it in his car outside of the store. After reviewing the ticket, he struggled to believe that he had a million dollar winning ticket in his hand. He decided that he needed to go straight home. Marco told his wife and then called his brother-in-law Romero, only sharing that he wanted to talk to him about “money.” Romeo, worried that Marco might be in some financial difficulty, went over to visit right away. When he arrived, their smiling faces revealed that it wasn't bad financial news at all, but quite the opposite. Marco plans to be prudent with the money. He hopes to open a small business with his family so that they can secure a better future. The rest of it will go toward helping his children with medical bills.
Our other million dollar winner is Lydia Denhollander of Pittstown in Hunterdon County. One Saturday afternoon, she and her friends stopped at the Quick Stop Convenience store, 206 West 7th St., Plainfield in Union County for a snack and some drinks. While they were there, the trio of friends decided to try their luck with some Instant Games. Lydia chose the $10 Lucky 7's Multiplier ticket. They all scratched their tickets in the car and to the group's surprise Lydia's was a top-prize winner. She immediately went home to share the news with her Mom. She is still considering what few items she may want to purchase but most of the winnings will be saved for her future.
Michael Beltran Jr., no relationship to Carlos Beltran of the Houston Astros, is a lucky young man with a big heart. This 21-year old blending operator at a vitamin manufacturing company spent the day shopping for presents for his family. He exhausted himself shopping for special gifts to present to his mom for Mother's Day, and to his Dad and granddad for their birthdays. Loaded with gifts and a nearly empty wallet, he went to 7-Eleven #10945 (S), 4135 S. Broad St., Yardville in Mercer County to buy a Lottery ticket with the last $10 in his pocket. He was hoping to hit it big and he did. Michael replenished his pocket with the $10,000 top-prize from the $10K Blowout instant game from the NJ Lottery. Now it’s time to buy himself a present. Congratulations to Michael and his lucky family.
David Williams of Newark played Lottery with a group of four coworkers, but they never hit it big. However, recently he played and won a Pick-3 prize using his birthday numbers. He decided to parlay that win into a pack of instant tickets choosing the $10 Multiplier Mania game. After a lot of scratching, the second-to-last ticket in the pack revealed itself to be a $10,000 winner. Although it was not a top-prize for the game, it was a wonderful win for David. He said that he will put most of the winnings into savings and bills, but will take some to put toward trying his luck with more games in the future. His lucky retailer was Krauszer’s Food Store #396, 40-A Meadowland Parkway, Secaucus in Hudson County.
Congratulations to all New Jersey Lottery games winners. See the Press Release (PDF) for a list of all the Instant Games topprizes won, of $10,000 and above, for the month.
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