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AP Photo: Eugenia Balencia, center, a clerk at A&J Seabra Supermarket in Newark, N.J., checks customers lottery tickets

Posted: Thursday, 24 July 2008 7:10AM

N.J. Mega-Millionaire Still Hasn't Come Forward

TRENTON, N.J. (AP)  -- The identity of the Garden State's newest millionaire is still a mystery.

Al Jones reports:


A single winning ticket for Tuesday night's $126 million Mega Millions drawing was sold at Newark's A&J Seabra Supermarket in Essex County, NJ Lottery officials said, but the person who bought that ticket still hasn't come forward.

The winning numbers from Tuesday night's drawing were: 2, 16, 23, 29 and 32. The Mega Ball number was 46.

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For selling the winning ticket, the supermarket will receive a $10,000 bonus, according to William T. Jourdain, acting executive director of NJ Lottery.

If the winner takes the one-time lump sump payment, they'll get an estimated $75.5 million before taxes, said Dominick DeMarco, a NJ Lottery spokesman. After federal taxes, the cash amount would be about $56.5 million.

If the winner opts for annual payments, they'll get an estimated $4.8 million a year for 26 years, DeMarco said.

New Jersey residents have won the top Mega Millions jackpot eight times in the last three years, including four times in 2007.

In December, a group of 12 teachers and staff members at a Morris County high school claimed half of a $163 million jackpot. In late September, a couple celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary with a $12 million jackpot win.

Before that, two couples from Cape May County each took part of $390 and $330 million jackpots.

Mega Millions tickets are sold in California, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Texas, Virginia and Washington state.

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