There was no jackpot winner in last night's massive Mega Millions drawing, but don't trash your tickets just yet -- there were still some winners here in New Jersey.
Lottery officials say two tickets worth $1 million apiece were sold in Bergen County and in Sussex County. The tickets matched five of the white balls drawn last night.
Those tickets were sold at the Food Mart 4 U located at 235 Patterson Ave. in Wallington, Bergen County; and at the 7-Eleven located at 85 Sparta Ave. in Sparta, in Sussex County.
State lottery officials say there were also nine third-tier prizewinning tickets sold that matched four of the five white balls and the gold ball winning $10,000. Those tickets were purchased at the following locations:
· Cumberland County: Cumberland Liquors, 803 Landis Ave., Bridgeton;
· Gloucester County: Xpress Mart, 107 Egg Harbor Rd., Sewell;
· Gloucester County: Wawa #775, 1445 S. Black Horse Pike, Williamstown;
· Hudson County: Roniraj Inc., 3563 Kennedy Blvd., Jersey City;
· Middlesex County: Stop & Shop #810, 1600 Perrineville Rd., Monroe Township;
· Morris County: Weis Markets #126, 146 Center Grove Rd., Randolph;
· Ocean County: Mystic Island Casino, 110 Mathistown Rd., Little Egg Harbor Township;
· Passaic County: Jackpocket/Utopia Deli, 355 Warwick Turnpike, Hewitt; and,
· Somerset County: Krauszer’s, 435 Amwell Rd., Hillsborough.
The winning numbers for the Friday drawing were: 03, 11, 12, 38, and 43. The Gold Mega Ball was 15, and the Megaplier Multiplier was 04.
Without a jackpot winner, the next Mega Millions drawing is even larger. Lottery officials say the estimated $850 million jackpot drawing will be held on Tuesday, January 19. If there's a winner, it would be the second-largest jackpot in the game’s history and the third-largest jackpot in US lottery history. The estimated cash value is $628.2 million.