The tickets were bought in Bergen and Essex counties
The pair of $1 million Mega Millions tickets sold for Friday night's drawing were bought in North Jersey stores about 22 miles apart.
The lucky tickets were sold at Montclair Food & Fuel on Bloomfield Avenue in Montclair and a 7-Eleven on County Road in Tenafly, state lottery officials announced Monday afternoon.
Had either ticket buyer exercised the Megaplier option for an extra $1, he or she would have won $5 million.
Friday's winning numbers were 26, 42, 47, 61 and 73. The Mega Ball was 6.
The odds of a single ticket matching five numbers are 18,492,204 to 1.
Since no one hit the $47 million jackpot on Friday, the top prize for Tuesday's drawing will be $57 million with a cash option of $34 million.
Mega Millions is played in 44 states as well as Washington D.C. and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Wednesday's Powerball jackpot is worth $145 million with a cash option of $88 million.
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