How many tickets are selling per minute according to spokesman for New Jersey Mega Millions Lottery Dominick DeMarco?
The second-largest jackpot drawing in Mega Millions history will take place tonight, with thousands of hopefuls willing and waiting for the numbers to fall their way. Tonight’s jackpot is worth $333 million. During today’s lunch hour, lottery retailers were selling Mega Millions tickets at 23,000 per minute, said Dominick DeMarco, spokesman for New Jersey Lottery. Sources: http://www.nj.
Mega Millions $333M jackpot drawing ticket sales hit 23K per minute by The Star-Ledger Continuous News Desk Friday August 28, 2009, 8:00 PM The second-largest jackpot drawing in Mega Millions history will take place tonight, with thousands of hopefuls willing and waiting for the numbers to fall their way. Tonight’s jackpot is worth $333 million. During today’s lunch hour, lottery retailers were selling Mega Millions tickets at 23,000 per minute, said Dominick DeMarco, spokesman for New Jersey Lottery. David Jolkovski/The Jersey JournalRosa Alvarez holds her Mega Millions lottery ticket at Te-Amo at Journal Square in Jersey City August 21. The second-largest drawing in Mega Millions history will take place tonight, worth $333 million Sources: http://www.nj.
“Sales are definitely more brisk today than they have been over the past few days,” DeMarco said. The largest Mega Millions jackpot won in history was $390 million, which was won by ticket holders in Georgia and New Jersey on March 6, 2007. The second largest was $330 million, which was won by Maryland, New Jersey, Texas and Virginia just five months later on Aug. 31, 2007. Both times, the New Jersey winners purchased their tickets in Cape May County, according to DeMarco. The Mega Millions game hasn’t seen a grand-prize winner since July 7. Since then, DeMarco said over $60 million worth in tickets has been sold. Sources: http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/08/mega_millions_lottery_numbers_1.
