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by Carolyne Volpe Curley / Carolyne@WestEssexNOW.com Published 1:10pm  ROSELAND, NJ - On Nov. 19, David Mascera of Roseland purchased a New Jersey Lottery Quick Draw ticket at Murphy’s Tavern on Union Boulevard in Totowa. To date, this is the largest Quick Draw prize ever won. According to Mascera, he is a Sunday football regular at Murphy's Tavern and has enjoyed playing the Quick Draw game since its launch in July. The gambling method is a keno-style game that electronically draws and displays the winning numbers on a television screen; drawings are held every five minutes. Quick Draw allows players to place bets from $1 to $10 on winning numbers and prizes can range from $1 up to $1 million depending on the purchase amount. Players then choose one to ten spots out of a matrix of 80.  Mascera explained that he purchased his ticket for ten consecutive draws and then hand selected the same seven spots that he played for each drawing and wagered $10 per draw. According to NJ Lottery, when a player matches seven spots, they win a $2,500 prize. Because Mascera wagered $10 per draw his prize was multiplied, making his win $25,000 which is to date, the largest Quick Draw ticket ever won. I couldn’t believe it when I saw the numbers come up.  The Quick Draw games are installed in specifically chosen retail locations - such as bars, bowling alleys, and restaurants - with the idea being that players stay and play for a period of time while they socialize with friends. We are excited about our first Mascera expressed that after he realized that he had won, he bought a round of drinks for the entire bar filled with approximately 100 patrons, so they could all celebrate his good fortune.
by Carolyne Volpe Curley / Carolyne@WestEssexNOW.com Published 10:10am  WEST CALDWELL, NJ - On Monday, Oct. 31, one ticket sold from West Essex Sunoco, on 599 Passaic Avenue, West Caldwell, matched all five numbers drawn. The winner will receive a $427,057 jackpot while West Essex Sunoco will receive a bonus check for $2,000 for selling the winning ticket.
The winning numbers were: 1, 3, 17, 20 and 32 and the XTRA number was: 4 Executive Director Carole Hedinger announced that there were 516,436 tickets purchased for the drawing. For correctly matching four of the five numbers drawn, 80 ticketholders won $579 each and 8 others won $2,316 each with the addition of XTRA. Moreover, for correctly matching three of the five numbers drawn, 3,399 ticketholders won $14.00 and 475 others won $56 each with the addition of XTRA. Lastly, 6,232 ticketholders each won $2 for correctly matching two of the five numbers drawn with the addition of XTRA on their purchase.
Published 9:44pm  VERONA, NJ - For the second time in less than three months, R & K Food Store, located at 24 Grove Avenue, in Verona, has sold a winning lottery ticket. In October, a winner won third place in the MegaMillions drawing and received a $5,000 prize. This time - the prize was even more substantial. New Jersey Lottery Executive Director Carole Hedinger announced Friday that Carolyn D. bought a scratch off "Holiday Gold" instant lottery game and won the $1 million grand prize. “I’ve been playing for 30 years, since I was 18,”  Carolyn said that she bought the ticket at R&K Food Store on her deceased father's birthday and made the winning claim on her own birthday. She chose the annuity prize so that she will have some financial security in her retirement. A minimum of 30 percent of New Jersey Lottery game revenue is contributed to the state on behalf of state education and vital institutions. This month, instant ticket sales contributed more than $32 million towards those causes bringing the Fiscal Year 2015 total to nearly $172 million. Further Reading:
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:
“Congratulations to the lottery winners
Published 12:44pm  VERONA, NJ - One ticket won the Jersey Cash 5 $74,179 jackpot for the Saturday, Oct. 18 drawing. The ticket was purchased at Henry's Fine Food, 318 Bloomfield Ave., in Verona. New Jersey Lottery Executive Director Carole Hedinger said that the winning ticket was the only one sold for Saturday’s drawing that matched all five numbers drawn. The winning numbers were: |
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