The ticket was purchased from Prime on Garden in Hoboken.
The $750 million jackpot drawing will be held on Friday, Jan. 15. If won, it would be the 2nd-largest jackpot in the game’s history. The estimated cash value is $550.6 million.
A winning Mega Millions ticket from last week's drawing was sold at a Camden County bagel shop.
There were nine third-tier prizewinning tickets sold that matched four of the five white balls and the gold ball winning $10,000.
The winning numbers for the Tuesday, Jan. 12, drawing were: 12, 14, 26, 28, and 33. The Gold Mega Ball was 09, and the Megaplier Multiplier was 02.
In addition to the second and third-tier prizes won, 141 players matched four of the five white balls drawn making each ticket worth $500. Nineteen of those tickets were purchased with the Megaplier option, multiplying the prizes to $1,000.
Moreover, 212,530 other New Jersey players took home $832,412 in prizes ranging from $2 to $400.
The next drawing will be held Friday, Jan. 15, at 11:00 p.m.
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