TRENTON, NJ Two lucky New Jersey Lottery players

02/07/08 NEW JERSEY SELLS TWO WINNING $250,000 Lotto TICKETS

Essex and Mercer County Winners Join Growing Ranks of NJ Mega Millions Winners

TRENTON, NJ Two lucky New Jersey Lottery players have won the Mega Millions second prize of $250,000 for the Tuesday, February 5 drawing. One of the winning tickets was sold in Essex County , and was purchased at Alen Service Corp., located at 335 McCarter Highway in the City of Newark . The other lucky ticket was sold in Mercer County at Tigers Deli, located at 440 Route 571 in East Windsor .
Congratulations to Alen Service Corp. and Tigers Deli , said the Lottery's Acting Executive Director William T.
Jourdain. For selling this ticket, they will receive a bonus check for $500. They have become two of the Lottery's most recent ‘lucky locations' overnight.
While there was no top-prize winner, 89,051 other New Jersey players took home $395,899 in prizes ranging from $2 to $10,000, according to Jourdain.
The winning numbers for the Tuesday, February 5 drawing were: 04, 05, 17, 40, and 51 and the Gold Mega Ball number was 38. With no winner of the top prize, the Mega Millions jackpot will roll to $122,000,000 for the next drawing, which will be held on Friday, February 8 at 11:00 pm on NJN-TV the New Jersey Network.

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