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NEW JERSEY SELLS FOUR $10,000 WINNING TICKETS
AS MICHIGAN PLAYER WINS $19 MILLION JACKPOT

TRENTON (Feb. 6, 2013) – A Michigan lottery player has won the $19 million Mega Millions jackpot for the drawing held on Tuesday, Feb. 5 . In addition, four lucky New Jersey Lottery players each purchased $10,000 winning tickets. Those winning tickets were bought at the following locations: in Bergen County at Horizons II Cards & Gifts, 437 Old Hook Rd., Emerson; in Middlesex County at 7-11 #32950 (N), 1650 Route 27 & Belmont Ave., Edison; in Monmouth County at Acme #7932, 616 Newman Springs Rd., Lincroft; and in Ocean County at Paper Hut #2, 730 Jamaica Blvd., Toms River.

The winning numbers for the Tuesday, Feb. 5 drawing were: 02, 05, 10, 26 and 44 and the Gold Mega Ball number was 46. The Megaplier number was 04.

“Congratulations to these fortunate lottery players who purchased the winning tickets and to the retailers who sold them,” said the Lottery's Executive Director Carole Hedinger. “ For selling the winning tickets these retailers have become four more of the Lottery's ‘lucky locations' overnight.”

In addition to the Garden State's third-prize winners, 24,492 other New Jersey players took home $114,712 in prizes ranging from $2 to $150, according to Hedinger.

T he Mega Millions jackpot will reset to $12,000,000 for the next drawing, which will be held Friday, Feb. 8 at 11:00 pm.

Watch live drawings on the New Jersey Lottery's website ( NJLottery.net ) or on our Official Facebook Page. Mega Millions tickets are sold in 44 participating jurisdictions. Drawings are held on Tuesdays and Fridays.