Richard Saker, owner of Saker ShopRite, comments on the winning ticket. New Jersey Lottery Executive Director James Carey announces that one ticket for the $1.13 Billion Mega Millions Jackpot for Tuesday, March 26, 2024 was sold at the ShopRite Liquor store in Neptune. Neptune, NJ Wednesday, March 27, 2024 Credit: © Doug Hood / USA TODAY NETWORK
(Neptune, NJ) — The cashier who sold the winning ticket in the one-billion-dollar Mega Millions lottery jackpot says she’s excited someone in her hometown in Neptune won. New Jersey lottery officials are waiting for the winner to come forward. TiYahna Bambaata says she wishes she could remember who bought the ticket at the ShopRite Liquor on Route 66 in Neptune. Bambaata has worked at the store for three years and plans to become a physician’s assistant. The owner of the ShopRite store — which received a 30-thousand dollar commission for selling the ticket — plans to turn over the money to the ShopRite Partners in Caring Program, which supports charities fighting food insecurity.
There had been 30 straight drawings without a winner, causing the pot to grow to the fifth largest in the game’s history. At least three other tickets worth one or two million dollars were sold in New York.
