NEW JERSEY SELLS ONE WINNING $250,000 TICKET
AS NEW YORK PLAYER WINS $162 MILLION JACKPOT
Monmouth County Winner Joins Growing Ranks of NJ Mega Millions Winners
TRENTON , NJ – (December 23, 2009) – A player from New York has won the $162 million Mega Millions jackpot for the drawing held on Tuesday, December 22 . In addition, one lucky New Jersey Lottery player won the Mega Millions second prize of $250,000. The winning ticket was sold in Monmouth County , and was purchased at Citgo Mart, located at 519 Route 33 in Englishtown. The jackpot now resets to $12 million for the Friday, December 25 drawing.
“Congratulations to Citgo Mart , said the Lotterys Acting Executive Director Steven Palmieri. “ For selling this ticket, this retailer will receive a bonus check for $500. They have become one of the Lotterys most recent ‘lucky locations overnight.
In addition to the Garden State s three second-prize winners, 138,479 other New Jersey players took home $623,039 in prizes ranging from $2 to $10,000, according to Palmieri.
The winning numbers for the Tuesday, December 22 drawing were: 03, 33, 35, 39, and 45 and the Gold Mega Ball number was 13. T he Mega Millions jackpot will reset to $12,000,000 for the next drawing, which will be held on Friday, December 25 at 11:00 pm on NJN-TV –the New Jersey Network.