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Clifton, NJ Customers Looking To Cash In On Winning Mega Millions Ticket

November 6, 2014 / 3:09 PM EST / CBS New York

CLIFTON, N.J. (CBSNewYork) - Somebody in Clifton, New Jersey just got very lucky.

The latest $1 million Mega Millions ticket was bought Monday at the Richfield Liquor Store on the corner of Clifton Avenue and Allwood Road.

Listen to Clifton, NJ Customers Looking To Cash In On Winning Mega Millions Ticket

"I think it's a lucky store. Why not? Why not here?" one customer said.

Someone already got lucky on Friday at the 7-Eleven on Main Avenue in Clifton, where the other million dollar Mega Millions ticket was sold.

Binoy Patel, one of the managers at the store, says since Friday, they've been selling out a lot.

"Yeah it's a great thing, you know, the whole town is excited, a lot of my customers are excited," he told WCBS 880's Levon Putney.

In New York, one lucky person holds the winning ticket

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for Tuesday night's $326 million Mega Millions jackpot.

The ticket was purchased using the Quick Pick option at a Valero gas station just off Route 17 in Middletown in Orange County, lottery officials said.

"That is amazing," said Pine Bush resident Joe DeJon.

"We'd go for five years with no property taxes whatsoever for the entire city

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. That would be the equivalent of what's at stake here," said Middletown Mayor Joeseph DeStefano said. "Our budget is about $55 million a year."

"It's pretty awesome that it happened here because every time you hear it happens out in the west, or in Florida, or California

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so it's good that a town like this gets this type of jackpot," said Middletown resident Ignacio Rodriguez.

The news has gas station employees all smiles and wondering who the lucky winner is, CBS2's Lou Young reported.

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