$90 million Mega Millions ticket sold in Union City stuns Bergenline community
UNION CITY, NJ — A single Mega Millions ticket worth a staggering $90 million was sold at a corner newsstand in Hudson County, instantly transforming a routine convenience store into the epicenter of a historic lottery win.
The winning ticket, purchased at Garden State News located at 4024 Bergenline Avenue, matched all five white balls and the gold Mega Ball in Tuesday night’s draw. The lucky numbers: 17, 25, 26, 53, 60, and Mega Ball 16. The jackpot carries a cash value of $41.99 million.
The win is the largest lottery prize ever recorded in Union City and comes as a sudden surge of fortune for the Bergenline corridor, where four other sizable prizes have already been claimed this year. However, nothing matches the scale of Tuesday’s draw.
The shop owner, in business at the location since 2014, will receive a $30,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket. The ticket sale has already attracted attention across the state, with a flurry of media coverage and a Wednesday morning press event attended by New Jersey Lottery officials and city leaders.
The New Jersey Lottery Director celebrated the win publicly, noting the retailer’s role in connecting winners to life-changing prizes. This marks the 10th Mega Millions or Powerball jackpot hit under his leadership.
The timing of the massive win also coincides with the 55th anniversary of the New Jersey Lottery. Local officials highlighted the historical connection between Union City and the founding of the lottery system, originally championed by late Union City Mayor William Musto.
The winning ticket ends a relatively short jackpot run, the briefest since August 2023. That cycle also included a $39 million Florida ticket that went unclaimed. In contrast, the current winning draw brought nearly $5 million in ticket sales in New Jersey alone, with more than $2 million earmarked for the state’s public employee pension fund.
The jackpot also follows a $980 million win in Georgia last month and is part of a streak of over one million winning tickets nationwide across non-jackpot tiers since that drawing. In New Jersey, players in Bergen and Essex counties recently tripled $10,000 prizes to $30,000 due to the game’s multiplier feature.
As for Union City, the energy surrounding the win continues to ripple through the neighborhood, bringing a sense of pride, optimism, and curiosity — especially among customers lining up at Garden State News, now considered one of New Jersey’s luckiest lottery retailers.
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Key Points
- A $90 million Mega Millions jackpot ticket was sold at Garden State News in Union City
- The prize marks the largest lottery win ever in the Bergenline Avenue area
- The win coincides with the NJ Lottery’s 55th anniversary and brings $30,000 to the retailer