Sunday, May 19, 2013
The Kwik Farms convenience store in the Tinton Falls Lukoil sold a winning Mega Millions ticket.
Tom Schweers woke up thinking he struck it big--$95 million big. Every day, the 64-year-old West Long Branch man buys an instant ticket and occasionally springs for a Mega Millions ticket at the Kwik Farms in the Lukoil station on Shrewsbury Avenue on Tinton Falls. The store sold one of the two winning $95 million Mega Millions tickets in the country, the New Jersey Lottery announced Sunday morning. When Schweers heard his local lottery dealer was the winning ticket seller, he thought he could be holding the winning ticket. And then he realized he bought Powerball instead of Mega Millions. “Of course, I probably would have won the damn thing. When I heard the news, I said ‘You’ve got to be kidding me,’” Schweers said. Schweers stopped by …
Winning ticket was bought at Kwik Farms in borough
A winning Mega Millions lottery ticket worth $95 million was purchased at a Tinton Falls store, according to a press release issued by the New Jersey Lottery. New Jersey Lottery Executive Director Carole Hedinger announced that the ticket was bought at Kwik Farms located at 590 Shrewsbury Ave. in the borough. The convenience store is located at a Lukoil gas station. The ticket is one of only two winners in the nation, and as of Saturday, the Lottery has not been contacted by the winning ticket-holders, Hedinger said. The total payout for the May 17 Mega Millions Jackpot is $190 million and it will be split between the two winners. The winning numbers for the May 17 drawing were 11, 15, 35, 43 and 49. The Gold Mega Ball was 41 and the …
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Ticket was purchased on Dec. 27, 2011
A Mega Millions ticket worth $250,000 purchased in Eatontown last year is still unclaimed, the New Jersey State Lottery announced today. The ticket was purchased on Dec. 27, 2011 at Street Corner News, a kiosk at the Monmouth Mall. Claimants have one year from the draw date to claim their ticket or the prize will be forfeited. If the tickets remain unclaimed, those cash prizes go back to the Lottery and may be used for future prizes or state contributions. The winning numbers were: 23, 32, 33, 39, 43, the Mega Ball: 8, Megaplier: 3. This is one of three unclaimed tickets that will expire this month. The second was purchased in Orange on Dec. 23, 2011 and the third was bought in Mount Holly. Those tickets are worth $250,000 and $200,000, …
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
The second-prize ticket in the Dec. 27 Mega Millions jackpot was sold at the Street Corner News inside the Monmouth Mall.
A ticket worth $250,000 in Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing was sold at the Street Corner News inside the Monmouth Mall in Eatontown. The second-prize ticket was one of three sold in New Jersey, according to a release from New Jersey Lottery. One of those tickets was purchased with the Megaplier option, multiplying that jackpot into $1 million for the holder, who bought the ticket in Newark. The other ticket, worth $250,000, was purchased in Bergenfield at a Quick Shop. A New York lottery player won the $206 million Mega Millions jackpot, which was held on Dec. 27. In addition to the Garden State’s second and third prize winners, 133,103 other New Jersey players took home $545,501 in prizes ranging from $2 to $150, according to the …
