A LUCKY lottery player managed to turn their $30 purchase into $600,000.
In a miraculous turn, another Colossal Crossword lottery player, also in New Jersey, pulled the winning numbers after purchasing their ticket a day later.
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The game happened last week, in which two players won $600,000 on back-to-back days.
One ticket was bought on December 16 at the Krauszer’s on North Broadway in South Amboy in Middlesex County.
The other was purchased a day earlier at a 7-Eleven on South Summit Avenue in Hackensack in Bergen County.
The 7-Eleven player spoke of the immense shock they felt after realizing they had won the cash.
They said, according to the New Jersy Lottery: “That’s all I play the Crossword.
“I probably sat and looked at it for like 20 minutes.”
According to the New Jersey Lottery website, which is updated daily, there are two more $600,000 prizes that are yet to be claimed.
The winning tickets for these two prizes may have been purchased, but they have not been given out yet.
Along with these massive prizes, the New Jersey Lottery has plenty of other cash sums to give out to players.
Currently, there are still seven opportunities to win the $2,000 out of the 36 total games.
Players can also take home one of the remaining 889 $500 prizes, if they have the right ticket.
There are also totals worth $250, $150, $100, $75 and $50, with over 1,000 prizes remaining in each of these games.
To see how much is still up for grabs in the New Jersey Lottery, players can visit this website and find out.
CHRISTMAS MIRACLE
The US Sun has also reported on the Mega Millions, which has surged to $1.15 billion after no tickets matched all the numbers drawn on Christmas Eve.
Mega Millions officials have urged players to buy tickets ahead of Friday’s drawing at 11pm.
The cash value is estimated to be the fifth largest in the game’s history.
Tuesday’s winning numbers were 11, 14, 38, 45, 46, and Mega Ball 3.
To win the big Mega Millions jackpot, a player must match all five numbers and the Mega ball.
Top lottery winners in the US
Millions dream of winning the lottery and finding fame and fortune. These are the biggest winners in US lottery history.
- Edwin Castro – $2.04 billion, Powerball, Nov. 8, 2022, in California.
- Theodorus Struyck – $1.765 billion, Powerball, Oct. 11, 2023, in California.
- Unknown winner – $1.602 billion, Mega Millions, Aug. 8, 2023, in Florida.
- Marvin and Mae Acosta from Los Angeles, California, John and Lisa Robinson from Munford, Tennessee, and Maureen Smith and David Kaltschmidt from Melbourne Beach, Florida – $1.586 billion, Powerball, Jan. 13, 2016.
- Unknown winner – $1.537 billion, Mega Millions, Oct. 23, 2018, from South Carolina.
- Unknown winner – he sued the mother of his child to keep his identity hidden – $1.348 billion, Mega Millions, Jan. 13, 2023, from Maine.
- Unknown winner – $1.337 billion, Mega Millions, July 29, 2022, from Illinois.
- Cheng and Duanpen Saephan, and Laiza Liem Chao – $1.326 billion, Powerball, April 7, 2024, from Oregon.
- Yanira Alvarez – $1.08 billion Powerball, July 19, 2023 in California.
- Wolverine FLL Lottery Club – $1.05 billion, Mega Millions, Jan. 22, 2021, from Michigan.
- Unknown winner – $842.4 million Powerball, Jan. 1, 2024, from Michigan.
No one matched all the numbers for the big jackpot, so it continues to grow.
Mega Millions lead director Joshua Johnston said it would be a Christmas gift for the lucky winner.
He added that there would be no better way to celebrate the holiday season.
“We know that many people will likely receive tickets to Friday’s drawing as holiday gifts, and what a gift that would turn out to be if you ended up with a ticket worth a $1.15 billion jackpot,” Johnston said.
“I can’t think of a better way to celebrate the holidays – whether Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, the Winter Solstice, or any other way people choose to celebrate the season – than by helping fulfill the dreams that come with a prize like this and prizes that will be won at all levels of the game.”
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