Tickets sold in New Jersey and California won second-tier prizes Friday, while the jackpot will hit $62 million for Tuesday's drawing.

The Mega Millions jackpot for Friday’s lottery drawing has increased to an estimated $47 million with a cash option of $23.9 million. The drawing will be held at 10:59 p.m. and televised on WABC-7 in the New York City area and Fox 29 in the Philadelphia area. NJ.com will publish the winning numbers immediately following the drawing.

On Wednesday, a Passaic County lottery player won the $1,704,450 Jersey Cash 5 jackpot, the New Jersey Lottery announced Thursday. The winning ticket, which matched all five numbers, was sold at the 7-Eleven on Pompton Turnpike in Little Falls. The retailer will receive a $2,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket.

The winning million-dollar ticket was sold at Variedades Ecualatinas on Ferry Street in Newark in Essex County, the New Jersey Lottery announced. In addition, other lottery players in NJ won $150,444 in prizes ranging from $4 to $400.

The NJ Lottery is still keeping the location of where the million-dollar ticket was sold a secret, but if you were playing the Powerball this week the winning numbers were 1, 11, 22, 47, and 68. The Powerball drawn was 7 with a Power Play of 4X according to NJ.com.

The New Jersey Lottery offers multiple draw games for people looking to strike it rich. Here’s a look at Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024 winning numbers for each game: Midday: 6 - 6 - 4; Fireball: 9 Evening: 5 - 0 - 7;