A New Jersey lottery winner who won a $1.13 billion jackpot in Tuesday night’s drawing bought his life-changing Mega Millions ticket at ShopRite Liquor in Monmouth County, the lottery announced today. It was done.
The store is located on Route 66 in Neptune Township. A press conference is scheduled to be held at the store on Wednesday at noon.
The liquor store owner will receive a $30,000 bonus check for selling the winning ticket.
New Jersey law allows lottery winners to remain anonymous and receive their prizes within one year after the drawing.
The first jackpot of 2024 was won on Tuesday night after 30 consecutive weeks without a Mega Millions winner. This is the eighth largest prize in U.S. lottery history.
The winning numbers were 7, 11, 22, 29, 38, and the gold mega ball 4.
The newly minted billionaire can receive $1.13 billion a year in installments over 30 years, or an estimated $537.5 million in lump sum payments.
There has been no major Mega Millions winner since Dec. 8, when two tickets in California matched an estimated $395 million jackpot number.
The last time a Mega Millions jackpot winning ticket was sold in the Garden State was on July 24, 2020.
The unidentified winner won a $123 million ticket in Bayonne, according to the lottery’s website.
Before Tuesday’s $1.13 billion drawing, Vernon resident Richard Wall won a $533 million prize on March 30, 2018, making him the largest Mega Millions lottery winning record in New Jersey history. was held.
Wahl’s windfall is now only the 11th largest in lottery history.
The odds of winning Mega Millions are a staggering 1 in 302,575,350.
Mega Millions is played in 45 states, plus Washington DC and the US Virgin Islands.
