If you won the lottery, what would you do with the winnings?

A new house? Fancy cars? Would you invest it and let the money work for you?

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The options are almost limitless when you hit a big jackpot, and in Jersey, it seems more and more commonplace that people are hitting it big on the lottery.

Personally, if I won the lottery I would invest in property around the Jersey Shore and try to become a real estate mogul.

A guy can dream, right?

New Jersey Has Seen An Increase In Lottery Winners

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Over the past year, it seems as though more and more people are hitting it big by playing the lottery in Jersey.

Back in March, someone hit a massive billion-dollar jackpot, and over the summer it seemed like every week someone in the Garden State was winning a million bucks here and a few hundred thousand dollars there playing the lottery.

And now for two people in Bayville, playing the lottery has paid off.

2 Winning Lottery Tickets Were Sold IN Bayville, NJ

At the BP on Route 9, someone paid $3 for a crossword scratch-off and ended up winning $20,000, talk about a return on investment!

Patch reports that another winning lottery ticket was sold just down the road at a Quik Chek someone won just over $36,000 by playing a $2 lottery scratch-off.

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What's interesting is that if you win the lottery by playing scratch-offs, you only get 20 percent of the total prize if you win on a ticket that costs less than $10.

Still, I'll take 20 grand over nothing any day of the week!

By the way, if you do win the lottery here are the first steps experts say you should take.

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After getting over the initial shock, Moneycrashers.com says you should do these things immediately if you win the lottery!

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