A ShopRite Liquor store in Monmouth County sold the winning ticket for the $1.13 billion windfall. It matched the numbers 07, 11, 22, 29 and 38 with the gold Mega Ball 04 and multiplier 02.
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New Jersey’s deadline for claiming a Mega Millions prize is one year from the drawing date, according to game rules published by the state lottery’s website. In this case, it was drawn on March 26.
In a June press release, the New Jersey Lottery said it “recommends that the winner sign the ticket, make copies of it, contact professional legal and financial advisors, and call” the lottery to submit their claim.
Mega Millions jackpot winners have two payout options: 30 years of annuities or a one-time cash lump-sum. The $1.13 billion jackpot was worth $537.5 million pre-tax for the latter.
New Jersey lets lottery winners “remain anonymous indefinitely” and does not include their identities in “materials available to public inspection under the State’s Open Public Records Act,” the lottery has said.
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While that potentially 10-figure sum still needs collecting, some billion-dollar lottery jackpots have been claimed in recent months.
In California, the respective winners of two supersized jackpots – a $1.765 billion Mega Millions grand prize and a $1.08 billion Powerball windfall – collected their winnings in March.
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The winner of a $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot in Oregon was identified in April.
