Essex County resident wins $17.3 m lottery with a ticket from 7-Eleven

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Someone in Essex County is becoming a millionaire overnight after winning a lottery drawn on Monday, July 11. As announced by the New Jersey Lottery on Tuesday, the winner just won a $17.3 Million Pick-6 jackpot to receive every year for life. Bought in a 7-Eleven, and the six numbers on the ticket match the ones drawn on Monday.

The winner is not the only one to receive a reward for the ticket, but also the store that sold it. The 7-Eleven #36089 at 490 Valley Street, Maplewood, will receive $10,000 as a reward for selling the ticket.

Seven other lottery winners are also drawn on Monday for matching at least five out of six balls drawn. Four of them got $4,576 each and $9,152 each for the other three as they used 2X multiplier tickets. $95,442 worth of prizes were also distributed to 10,704 players.

The winning numbers of the drawing on Monday were 06, 07, 12, 14, 34, and 45. The next drawing is on Thursday, July 14. The jackpot amount will come back down to its minimum of $2 million.

The Pick-6 lottery was updated in April this year to include better chances of winning. The odds matrix decrease from 1-49 number pools to 1-46. The change comes with an increase in ticket prices to $2 for every play. Players are in line for a chance at winning $250,000 if they pay a $1 add-on for the Double Play® feature. The feature allows a double drawing after losing the first Pick-6 with the same number and multiplier as the first ticket number.

Two players came out as winners from the Double Play feature on Monday with the numbers 04, 05, 09, 23, 28, and 38. They each won more at $6,446 after using the 2X multiplier feature. Their numbers match five out of six drawn balls. $27,570 was also distributed for 2,162 Double Play players.