$5,000 Third Place Mega Millions Ticket Sold at R&K Food Store, Grove Avenue, Verona, for Tuesday, Oct. 28 Drawing

by Carolyne Volpe Curley / Carolyne@WestEssexNOW.com
Published 10:44pm

VERONA, NJ  - Although there were no jackpot or second place NJ prizewinners of the Mega Millions Tuesday, Oct. 28 drawing, New Jersey Lottery Executive Director Carole Hedinger announced Wednesday that there were three $5,000 third place prize winners and one of those tickets was sold at R & K Food Store, located at 24 Grove Avenue, in Verona. 

The winning numbers for Tuesday's drawing were:
3, 50, 57, 58 and 60
The Gold Mega Ball was 11
The Megaplier Multiplier was 5

The third place winners matched four White Balls and the Gold Mega Ball. The other two third place winning tickets were sold in: 

• 7-Eleven, 2351 Plainfield Avenue, South Plainfield
  
• Torres Market, 863 E. Jersey Street, Elizabeth

The Mega Millions jackpot rolls to $284,000,000 for the next drawing, which will be held Friday, Oct. 31 at 11pm.

“Congratulations to the lottery winners
and to the retailers that sold all of those winning tickets,” said Hedinger.
“For selling the winning tickets, the retailers have become
many more Lottery ‘lucky locations’ overnight.”

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