The winner of last week's $258 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot will be revealed tomorrow.
New Jersey Lottery officials have scheduled an 11:30 am news conference on the campus of Seton Hall University to introduce the winner. They won't say whether the winner was a single individual or a group.
The winning ticket from last Friday's drawing was bought at a newsstand in Rutherford.
The winner will collect the fifth-largest lottery jackpot ever awarded in the US.
Officials have even refused to reveal if the winner is from New Jersey.
If taken as a lump sum payout, the winning ticket is worth $117.1 million after taxes.
The jackpot, which was building since July 26, is the largest in New Jersey history. The state will collect $24.9 million in revenue and lottery agents will share $3 million — with the Leprechaun News II newsstand in Rutherford, which sold the ticket, getting $10,000.
The winning numbers drawn Friday were 5, 16, 41, 46 and 50 with the Mega Ball number 1. The odds of any one ticket having the winning combination were 1 in 175,711,536.
A total of 9.5 million tickets provided prizes ranging from $2 to $250,000, said Everett Merrill, a lottery spokesman. Eleven second-place winners from the state claimed prizes of $250,000.
The previous state record for the biggest single-ticket lottery jackpot is held by Sonny Judson of Cliffside Park, Bergen County, who won a $165 million Mega Millions drawing on July 16, 2002. The nation's record jackpot is $363 million, shared by two Mega Millions winners in May 2000. The largest single-ticket winner won a $314.9 million jackpot in the multi-state Powerball game on Christmas Day 2002.
Eleven other states — California, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Texas, Virginia and Washington — join New Jersey in conducting the Mega Millions lottery.
At Seton Hall University.....hmmmm
I am assuming the winner is either a student or a professor of the school.
Brad
It'll be interesting to find out tomorrow how many tickets the winner purchased and what kind? Since it was a newsstand probably were quick-picks ... I'll guess a group of school employees chipped in five bucks each.
i bet its some old people like in their 50's or 60's and i bet the people who won never play the lottery......stupid lucky person(s)
i bet its some old people like in their 50's or 60's and i bet the people who won never play the lottery......stupid lucky person(s)
Stupid? Old? You really sound pretty nasty, assigning labels to people. One thing's for sure: people who are nasty to others usually aren't very lucky themselves. I've noticed that the nicest people are normally the luckiest. Funny how that works.
With a tag name DOWN I clearly understand why. Your remarks are sick and troubling. It doesn't matter whether the person is old, young, a domestic worker, wall street banker, whatever. If they won fair and square, they are to be celebrated with.
I get sick of this hate and divisive talk in our country. Grow up.
I'm inclinded to think it will be a group. They keep saying "winner" but never say "he" or "she" in their news releases. Then again, they haven't used the plural "winners" either. Guess I'll set my internet to one of the NYC stations and see what happens.
Hmm, What if it's some graduate college kid that bought a magazine and a quick pic? Wow, being in the 20's or 30's (age) with all that money. (ok, ok, so I'm a bit envious ... I still wish him/her well.) Hope who ever wins uses it wisely and don't blow it a few years.
It's not only going the change that person's life but it's going be a generational change as well.
It will be interesting to know if the winning ticket was a quick pic or not.
Sigh ... all that money. .... ok back to reality ... groan, bills, mortgage, work, traffic, gotta wake up .... getting out of bed.
At 11:30am, a WCBSTV.com special LIVE webcast. Meet the winner of the $258 million mega millions lottery. We'll bring you the live announcement at a news conference at Seton Hall University in South Orange, N.J.
http://www.cbsnewyork.com/
At Seton Hall University.....hmmmm
I am assuming the winner is either a student or a professor of the school.
Brad
there are other possibilities. the winner could be a worker such as a housekeeper at the university.
hi mt7895!
i am happy too for whoever the lucky person is but I had been so excited.....loads of plans made as to how I could spend even a bit of that money...not in my kismet as yet I guess....................what fun to win something like this!
Hopefully someday we'll win something too.......
In case you want to check out how much the truly rich have...
http://www.forbes.com/richlist/
The least wealthy person on the Forbes 400 list has $900 million, or $642 million more than this huge jackpot (if the winner got all $258 million at once without taxes). That puts things in perspective.
Now as for the ignorant and rude comment "old people like in their 50's or 60's...stupid lucky person(s)" I guess you don't think people who have suffered and struggled all their life deserve some good fortune. I assume that once you become a stupid old person you will no longer buy a lottery ticket so a 19 year old will have a better chance at winning the jackpot.
It'll be interesting to find out tomorrow how many tickets the winner purchased and what kind? Since it was a newsstand probably were quick-picks ... I'll guess a group of school employees chipped in five bucks each.
More than one winner. They delayed announcement for 5 minutes.
Opps.
A couple. Helen & Harold Lerner, middle aged couple. She graduated from Seton Hall.
I can't get the link on the CBS page to play. Is it playing for you, if so...what media player?
Nevermind...it was my firewall. Did I miss the news conference...they said something about see you at noon?
They only showed a few mnutes. The NJ Lottery guy started into how great they are and the news cut out. Never stuck around to meet the winners. CBS stated they would be on the noon broadcast - which could be any time within 12:00 to 12:30. I'm sure the reruns will be every where tonight.
Congrats to the Lerner's!
That's great for them! Well...I am sure it will be on the local noon news here. Thanks!
Lottery Post was among the first sites on the internet to report the story of the big winners:
https://www.lotterypost.com/news/120190.htm
FULL CONGRADS to Todd.
Thanks for the link Todd...does anyone know if it was a quickpick or not?
I watched the newscast. No one asked if it was a Quick Pick, and they didn't say.
I got the impression, the New York CBS news team wasn't too sure what the lottery was. Some kinda money winning thing. The concept of a Quick Pick was way over their head. The male member of the team had no idea of the type of place the winner bought the ticket. He thought it was a bar. The on-site woman stated she received a flyer, but had no idea of what it was about. Show up, smile, read the flyer, go to next disaster, or shooting, or stabbing.
The woman did mention they would contribute to Katrina.
chewie:
NY bars sell lottery tickets. But only if they have Quick Draw.
Haven't visited a bar since my quad-bypass several years ago. Nothing there that will increase my life.
I also haven't been to a bar in some time, even to play Quick Draw. I almost never drink anymore.