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One Florida Ticket Wins $1.58 Billion Jackpot

TRENTON (Aug. 9, 2023) – One Florida Lottery ticket was sold for the Tuesday, August 8, drawing that matched all five of the five white balls and the Gold Mega Ball drawn winning the $1.58 billion jackpot. In New Jersey, 13 third-tier prizewinning tickets matched four of the five white balls and the Gold Mega Ball drawn winning the $10,000 prize. Three of those tickets were purchased with the Megaplier option, multiplying the prize to $20,000. Those tickets were purchased at the following locations:

$20,000:

• Hudson County: Lotto.com, 111 Town Square Place, Jersey City;
• Ocean County: Manchester Exxon, 1 Commonwealth Blvd., Manchester; and,
• Passaic County: Jackpocket, 355 Warwick Tpke., Hewitt.

$10,000:

• Camden County: Royal Farms #322, 1409 Blackwood Clementon Rd., Clementon;
• Gloucester County: Wawa #379, 882 Glassboro Rd., Williamstown;
• Monmouth County: Lakeside Food Store, 41 Main St., Matawan;
• Morris County: Greater Morristown Shoprite, 178 East Hanover Ave., Cedar Knolls;
• Ocean County: Quick Food Mart, 250 N. Main St., Barnegat;
• Ocean County: Louna Liquors, 590 Route 9 South, Little Egg Harbor;
• Passaic County: Jackpocket, 355 Warwick Tpke., Hewitt;
• Passaic County: Tont Service Station, 1019 Hamburg Tpke., Wayne;
• Somerset County: Bernardsville Shop Rite, 93 Morristown Rd., Bernardsville; and,
• Union County: Pereira's Liquors, 318 Morris Ave., Elizabeth.

In addition to the third-tier prizes won, 240 players matched four of the five white balls drawn making each ticket worth $500. 31 of those tickets were purchased with the Megaplier option, multiplying the prize to $1,000.  Moreover, 340,079 other New Jersey players took home $1,341,856 in prizes ranging from $2 to $400. The winning numbers for the Tuesday, August 8, drawing were: 13, 19, 20, 32, and 33. The Gold Mega Ball was 14, and the Megaplier Multiplier was 02.