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Jersey Shore Bettor Wins Nearly $500K On $5 Bet (Video)
It was a true Christmas miracle for Travis Dufner, a Monmouth County resident, who turned a $5 bet into $489,383.01.
Dufner, a 32-year-old Millstone resident who works as a financial planner, bet on DraftKings that 14 different players would score touchdowns over Week 16 of the NFL season, Dufner shared in a ticket breakdown on Instagram.
On Monday, Dec. 25, Dufner watched the 49ers v. Ravens game, needing only Christian McCaffery to score a touchdown for the big bet to pay off.
As Najee Harris, Gabriel Davis, Jahmyr Gibbs, DK Metcalf, Jerome Ford, Chris Rodriguez, Jr., Jonathan Tayl…
Feds: New Mob Regime Ran Sports Bets, Extorted Victims, Sold Drugs From Philly To Jersey Shore
The mob didn't disappear from Philadelphia and the Jersey Shore after former leaders Joseph Ligambi and Joseph “Skinny Joey” Merlino were sent to prison, federal authorities revealed Monday.
Over the past five years, in fact, new leadership of the Philly and Atlantic City La Cosa Nostra beefed up the ranks, commanding illegal sports gambling, extorting victims through loansharking, selling cocaine, heroin and opioids -- even conspiring to kidnap a drug dealer who sold them bad dope, they said.
Fifteen reputed mobsters and associates of the organized crime family were charged in a …
$10G Lottery Winner Sold In Lincoln Park
A winning New Jersey Lottery ticket was sold in Lincoln Park.
The Mega Millions ticket from Tuesday's drawing was sold at Wolfson's Market on Boonton Turnpike and wins the $10,000 prize.
The winning numbers were: 03, 25, 37, 40 and 55. The Gold Mega Ball was 13, and the Megaplier Multiplier was 02.
In addition, ten other players matched four of the five white balls drawn making each ticket worth $500.
One of those tickets was purchased with the Megaplier option, multiplying the prize to $1,000. Moreover, 26,446 other New Jersey players took home $103,474 in prizes ranging from $2 to…
Snake Eyes: Hackensack Police Bust Different Kind Of 'Shooters,' Break Up Dice Game
Hackensack police broke up a street dice game, arresting one man who they said was carrying pot and ticketing another who they said held the bones.
Officers responding to a Tuesday night quality-of-life call at James and Second streets found Dylan Osmun, 23, of Wood-Ridge, holding the dice, Capt. Peter Busciglio said.
Another man, 21-year-old Elijah Simmons of Hackensack, had loose marijuana scattered on his pants and a joint at his feet, Busciglio said.
Simons also “handed over a baggie [of pot] that he was holding in his hand to [an] officer,” the captain said.
Police arrested Simmons o…
Feds: Fort Dix Officer Smuggled Synth Pot, Suboxone To Inmates For Cash
A Fort Dix corrections officer with an apparent penchant for gambling delivered synth pot and suboxone to inmates in exchange for cash before being arrested by federal agents Thursday, authorities said.
A U.S. District Court judge in Newark released Paul Anton Wright, 32, of Berlin, on a $100,000 unsecured bond Thursday afternoon after a brief hearing.
Between February and September 2015, Wright “received thousands of dollars in cash payments from the relative of an FCI Fort Dix inmate and subsequently delivered contraband, including K2 [synthetic marijuana], to the inmate,” U.S. Attorney C…
