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Was $65.7 million jackpot heaven-sent?

It took two Angels to win one astronomical amount of money in New Jersey.

Angel Guallpa-Mayancela, 32, of Orange, N.J., purchased his winning Mega Millions ticket at a shop called Lisa's Angel Corp.
Angel Guallpa-Mayancela, 32, of Orange, N.J., purchased his winning Mega Millions ticket at a shop called Lisa's Angel Corp.Read more

It took two Angels to win one astronomical amount of money in New Jersey.

Angel Guallpa-Mayancela, 32, has claimed the $65.7 million cash payout from the Jan. 25 Mega Millions drawing. The annuity prize was advertised as $89 million.

He bought the winning ticket at Lisa's Angel Corp., a shop in Orange, the town where he lives, just northwest of Newark. His winning numbers: 11, 12, 17, 31, and 48.

"I've been telling my wife that someday she would be married to a millionaire because I am a hard worker," he told lottery officials. "So when I told her that I had won the Mega Millions $65 million jackpot, she didn't believe me."

Mega Million's current jackpot, by the way, is $19 million for Friday's drawing.

Jersey also had a Mega Millions winner on September - Christopher Manzi of Morganville, a Monmouth County town between Asbury Park and New Brunswick.

He split the Sept. 18 drawing's $14 million jackpot longtime pal Willie McPherson of New York City. The ticket was purchased in New York.

Monmouth County also had a Powerball winner last spring, when Joseph and Celeste Tamburello from Tinton Falls won the March 21 drawing's $70 million jackpot.

Powerball's jackpot is $103 million for Saturday's drawing.

For more on lotteries, go to www.philly.com/philly/news/lottery, www.megamillions.com, www.powerball.com, www.njlottery.net or www.palottery.com.