A lottery player in Union County won $10,000 in the Tuesday, Dec. 24, Mega Millions drawing. The winning ticket was sold at 7-Eleven #37619 in Cranford, 299 South Ave. East. The winning numbers were: 11, 14, 38, 45 and 46, with 3 as the Gold Megaball.

“We know that many people will likely receive tickets to Friday’s drawing as holiday gifts, and what a gift that would turn out to be if you ended up with a ticket worth a $1.15 billion jackpot,” Joshua Johnston, lead director for the Mega Millions Consortium, said in a news release before the jackpot rose again to $1.22 billion.

At least one Mega Millions player has plenty of dough to ring in the New Year after drawing the winning number. After three months without anyone winning the top prize in the lottery, a ticket worth an estimated $1.22 billion was sold in California for the drawing Friday night, according to the Mega Millions website.