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WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. — Robert Space and nine co-workers at the Chubb Insurance company hit the second-largest single-ticket jackpot in New Jersey history Wednesday, winning $216 million in the Mega Millions jackpot. The six men and four women said they had been buying tickets together for years.
Space said there were some colleagues who had opted out of this ticket buy. One regular buyer, Oscar Oviedo, had asked Space to count him in and promised $5 for his share. Space rushed over to him early Wednesday morning and demanded the money.
“I thought: ‘How rude!’ ” Oviedo said with a laugh, recalling how he handed over $5, unsure why Space was being so insistent.
“Then he said, ‘OK, thanks — you’re a millionaire.’ “
