UNION CITY − What would you choose, $41 million now or $90 million over 30 years? The Mega Millions winner with a ticket worth $90 million sold in New Jersey ended up with the former.

The winning ticket was sold on the evening of Nov. 30 at Garden State News on Bergenline Avenue in Union City.

Krish Patel, the owner of the store, and four others across New Jersey including one in West New York, said he expects selling the winning ticket to be great for himself and his business.

“I would say congratulations to the winner,” said Patel, who has lived in New Jersey for 15 years. “We both got lucky.”

The winner bought the ticket in cash value, which was about $41 million before taxes. The winner could have chose to pay in annuity, where $90 million before taxes would been paid across 30 y

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